Prehistoric eye disease (trachoma?) in Australian Aborigines

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ID8317995
AutoresStephen Webb (Bond University, autor correspondente), Stephen G Webb
Ano1990
Volume81
Fascículo1
Páginas91-100
Data de publicação1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330810110
PMID2405692
OpenAlexW2085327211
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas21

This paper discusses an as yet undescribed lesion of the orbit in Australian Aboriginal skeletal populations. The rather high frequency and geographical distribution of the lesion suggests an association with a common, chronic eye infection. Using differential diagnosis to eleminate a variety of ophthalmic conditions, it is proposed that chronic trachoma may be a possible causative agent. Distribution of the lesion follows that of trachoma among contemporary Aboriginal people, with the highest frequencies occurring in the hotter, arid portions of the Australian continent. It is positively correlated with age, with higher frequencies in older people; it is almost completely absent among sub‐adults. The antiquity of the lesion is demonstrated by its appearance among late Pleistocene human remains

Archaeology · Disease · Distribution (mathematics) · Geography · Lesion · Orbit (dynamics) · Pathology · Prehistory · Sociology · Trachoma · Connexins and lens biology · Demography · Dermatology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Optometry