Plague epidemic in the Kingdom of Naples, 1656-1658

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 186-188

  Scasciamacchia, Silvia ^a   Serrecchia, Luigina ^a   Giangrossi, Luigi ^a   Garofolo, Giuliano ^a   Balestrucci, Antonio ^b   Sammartino, Gilberto ^b   Fasanella, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SPAIN; TOOTH PULP; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMICS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84856579637     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.110597     Document Type: Letter

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