The use of paleomicrobiological techniques in leprosy has the potential to assist paleopathologists in many important aspects of their studies on the bones of victims, solving at times diagnostic problems. With Mycobacterium leprae, because of the unique nature of the organism, these techniques can help solve problems of differential diagnosis. In cases of co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, they can also suggest a cause of death and possibly even trace the migratory patterns of people in antiquity, as well as explain changes in the rates and level of infection within populations in antiquity.
BT - Microbiology spectrum C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27726813 DA - 08/2016 DO - 10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0009-2015 IS - 4 J2 - Microbiol Spectr LA - ENG M3 - Article N2 -The use of paleomicrobiological techniques in leprosy has the potential to assist paleopathologists in many important aspects of their studies on the bones of victims, solving at times diagnostic problems. With Mycobacterium leprae, because of the unique nature of the organism, these techniques can help solve problems of differential diagnosis. In cases of co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, they can also suggest a cause of death and possibly even trace the migratory patterns of people in antiquity, as well as explain changes in the rates and level of infection within populations in antiquity.
PY - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 9 T2 - Microbiology spectrum TI - Paleomicrobiology of Leprosy. UR - https://ct.prod.getft.io/c2NpZW5jZWRpcmVjdF9jb250ZW50aG9zdGluZyxhc20saHR0cHM6Ly9qb3VybmFscy5hc20ub3JnL2RvaS9lcGRmLzEwLjExMjgvbWljcm9iaW9sc3BlYy5wb2gtMDAwOS0yMDE1P3NyYz1nZXRmdHI.DlAgLWrUBVN_yNQc2wkTdZs7srI4u0cS48lcJ6Z52jk VL - 4 SN - 2165-0497 ER -