Plasmodium falciparum immunodetection in bone remains of members of the Renaissance Medici family (Florence, Italy, sixteenth century)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 583-587

  Fornaciari, Gino ^a   Giuffra, Valentina ^a   Ferroglio, Ezio ^b   Gino, Sarah ^b   Bianucci, Raffaella ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bone remains; Double antibody immunoassays; Falciparum malaria; Renaissance

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALARIA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SKELETON;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77955556970     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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