Detection and strain typing of ancient Mycobacterium leprae from a medieval leprosy hospital.

Nine burials excavated from the Magdalen Hill Archaeological Research Project (MHARP) in Winchester, UK, showing skeletal signs of lepromatous leprosy (LL) have been studied using a multidisciplinary approach including osteological, geochemical and biomolecular techniques. DNA from Mycobacterium lep...

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Main Authors: G Michael Taylor, Katie Tucker, Rachel Butler, Alistair W G Pike, Jamie Lewis, Simon Roffey, Philip Marter, Oona Y-C Lee, Houdini H T Wu, David E Minnikin, Gurdyal S Besra, Pushpendra Singh, Stewart T Cole, Graham R Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3640063?pdf=render