Molecular identification of bacteria by total sequence screening: determining the cause of death in ancient human subjects.

Research of ancient pathogens in ancient human skeletons has been mainly carried out on the basis of one essential historical or archaeological observation, permitting specific pathogens to be targeted. Detection of ancient human pathogens without such evidence is more difficult, since the quantity...

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Main Authors: Catherine Thèves, Alice Senescau, Stefano Vanin, Christine Keyser, François Xavier Ricaut, Anatoly N Alekseev, Henri Dabernat, Bertrand Ludes, Richard Fabre, Eric Crubézy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21765907/?tool=EBI