Mycobacterium leprae genotype amplified from an archaeological case of lepromatous leprosy in Central Asia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2408-2414

  Taylor, G Michael ^a   Blau, Soren ^b   Mays, Simon ^c   Monot, Marc ^d   Lee, Oona Y C ^e   Minnikin, David E ^e   Besra, Gurdyal S ^e   Cole, Stewart T ^f   Rutland, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Human remains; Leprosy; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BACTERIUM; DNA; GENOTYPE; LEPROSY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 68449094198     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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