Prehistoric tuberculosis in America: adding comments to a literature review

Tuberculosis is a prehistoric American human disease. This paper reviews the literature and discusses hypotheses for origins and epidemiological patterns of prehistoric tuberculosis. From the last decades, 24 papers about prehistoric tuberculosis were published and 133 cases were reviewed. In South...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Jordi Gómez i Prat, Sheila MF Mendonça de Souza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-01-01
Subjects:	tuberculosis paleoepidemiology prehistory mummies South America North America
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000900023

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