Paleopathological and biomolecular study of tuberculosis in a medieval skeletal collection from England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8319296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | May (0000-0002-0352-5625), S Mays (English Heritage, corresponding author), G Michael Taylor (0000-0002-4215-3916), A J Legge (Birkbeck, University of London), D Young (0000-0001-8942-0308), D B Young, G Turner‐walker (0000-0001-7728-402X, Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 298-311 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1042 |
| PMID | 11275959 |
| OpenAlex | W2110484113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 43 |
Nine human skeletons of medieval date from a rural English burial site show signs of skeletal tuberculosis. They were subject to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays aimed at detecting traces of DNA from infecting mycobacteria, with the purpose both of confirming the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis and determining in individual cases whether disease was due to M. tuberculosis or M. bovis . In all nine cases, evidence for M. tuberculosis complex DNA was found, and in all instances it appeared that disease was due to M. tuberculosis rather than M. bovis . The significance of the findings for understanding tuberculous infection in rural agrarian communities in medieval England is discussed. Am J Phys Anthropol 114:298–311, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Disease · Environmental health · Gene · Geography · Mycobacterium bovis · Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Paleopathology · Pathology · Polymerase chain reaction · Population · Tuberculosis · Genetics · Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis · Medicine · Mycobacterium research and diagnosis · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
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| Unique citing works | 54 |
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| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |