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Ancient Leishmaniasis in a Highland Desert of Northern Chile

BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is an infectious disease endemic today in many areas of South America. METHODOLOGY: We discovered morphologic and molecular evidence of ancient infections in 4 female skulls in the archaeological cemetery of Coyo Oriente, in the desert of San Pedro de Atacama, Northern Chil...

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Autores principales: Costa, Maria Antonietta, Matheson, Carney, Iachetta, Lucia, Llagostera, Agustín, Appenzeller, Otto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2735183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19746163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006983