The paleopathology of specific infectious diseases from southeastern Hungary: A brief overview

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Pálfi, György ^a   Molnár, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Paleoepidemiology; Paleopathology; Specific infectious diseases; Treponematosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKELETON; TREPONEMATOSIS;

EID: 77951819825     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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