Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe

Studying ancient DNA allows us to retrace the evolutionary history of human pathogens, such as Mycobacterium leprae, the main causative agent of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded and most stigmatizing diseases in human history. The disease was prevalent in Europe until the 16(th) centur...

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Autores principales: Schuenemann, Verena J., Avanzi, Charlotte, Krause-Kyora, Ben, Seitz, Alexander, Herbig, Alexander, Inskip, Sarah, Bonazzi, Marion, Reiter, Ella, Urban, Christian, Dangvard Pedersen, Dorthe, Taylor, G. Michael, Singh, Pushpendra, Stewart, Graham R., Velemínský, Petr, Likovsky, Jakub, Marcsik, Antónia, Molnár, Erika, Pálfi, György, Mariotti, Valentina, Riga, Alessandro, Belcastro, M. Giovanna, Boldsen, Jesper L., Nebel, Almut, Mays, Simon, Donoghue, Helen D., Zakrzewski, Sonia, Benjak, Andrej, Nieselt, Kay, Cole, Stewart T., Krause, Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006997

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006997

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