Detection of Plasmodium falciparum ancient DNA in Egyptian mummies | Zendy

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Detection of Plasmodium falciparum ancient DNA in Egyptian mummies

Author(s) -

N. Cerutti,

Alfredo Santovito,

Massimo Turina,

Francesca Crobu,

Emma Rabino Massa

Publication year - 1970

Publication title -

journal of biological research - bollettino della società italiana di biologia sperimentale

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2284-0230

pISSN - 1826-8838

DOI - 10.4081/jbr.2005.10103

Subject(s) - ancient dna , plasmodium falciparum , phylogenetic tree , biology , evolutionary biology , dna , pathogen , malaria , virology , ancient history , genetics , history , gene , immunology , medicine , population , environmental health

The detection of ancient microbial DNA offers a new approach for the study of infectious diseases, their occurrence and host – pathogen interaction in a diachronic view, over the centuries.Moreover, the data that are obtained from the skeletal and mummified tissue may represent an important completion of contemporary phylogenetic analyses of pathogens. [...]

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