Rib lesions in skeletons from early neolithic sites in Central Germany: On the trail of tuberculosis at the onset of agriculture

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-404

  Nicklisch, Nicole ^a   Maixner, Frank ^b   Ganslmeier, Robert ^c   Friederich, Susanne ^c   Dresely, Veit ^c   Meller, Harald ^c   Zink, Albert ^b   Alt, Kurt W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early Neolithic; nutritional deficiency; respiratory diseases; rib periostitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEOLITHIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RIB; SKELETON; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 84867582760     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22137     Document Type: Article

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