Cooper, Christine; Fellner, Robert; Heubi, Olivier; Maixner, Frank; Zink, Albert; Lösch, Sandra (2016). Tuberculosis in early medieval Switzerland - osteological and molecular evidence. Swiss medical weekly, 146(w14269), w14269. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2016.14269
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Lesions consistent with skeletal tuberculosis were found in 13 individuals from an early medieval skeletal sample from Courroux (Switzerland). One case of Pott’s disease as well as lytic lesions in vertebrae and joints, rib lesions, and endocranial new bone formation were identified. Three individuals with lesions and one without were tested for the presence of MTBC aDNA, and in two cases, evidence for MTBC aDNA was detected. Our results suggest the presence of tuberculosis in the analyzed material which is in accordance with other osteological and biomolecular research that reported high prevalence of tuberculosis in medieval skeletons.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Cooper, Christine, Fellner, Robert, Lösch, Sandra |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) |
ISSN: |
1424-7860 |
Publisher: |
EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Sandra Lösch |
Date Deposited: |
26 Nov 2015 13:52 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:50 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.4414/smw.2016.14269 |
PubMed ID: |
26826871 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.73121 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/73121 |
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