Paleopathological evidence and detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA from archaeological skeletal remains of Nabe-kaburi (head-covered with iron pots) burials in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Saso, Aiko ^b   Hoshino, Keigo ^c   Sakurai, Junya ^d   Tanigawa, Kazunari ^a   Luo, Yuqian ^a   Ishido, Yuko ^a   Mori, Shuichi ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^c   Ishii, Norihisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Shobi University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ADULT; BONE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; BURIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84895527405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088356     Document Type: Article

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