Mycobacterium leprae genomes from a British medieval leprosy hospital: towards understanding an ancient epidemic

BACKGROUND: Leprosy has afflicted humankind throughout history leaving evidence in both early texts and the archaeological record. In Britain, leprosy was widespread throughout the Middle Ages until its gradual and unexplained decline between the 14(th) and 16(th) centuries. The nature of this ancie...

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Autores principales: Mendum, Tom A, Schuenemann, Verena J, Roffey, Simon, Taylor, G Michael, Wu, Huihai, Singh, Pushpendra, Tucker, Katie, Hinds, Jason, Cole, Stewart T, Kierzek, Andrzej M, Nieselt, Kay, Krause, Johannes, Stewart, Graham R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24708363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-270

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