Morbidity in the marshes: Using spatial epidemiology to investigate skeletal evidence for malaria in Anglo-Saxon England (AD 410-1050)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Gowland, R L ^a   Western, A G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles atroparvus; cribra orbitalia; enamel hypoplasia; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ATROPARVUS; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARCHAEOLOGY; CEMETERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; ORBITAL DISEASES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SKULL;

EID: 84855757540     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21648     Document Type: Article

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