Positive Diagnosis of Ancient Leprosy and Tuberculosis Using Ancient DNA and Lipid Biomarkers

by Helen D. Donoghue, G. Michael Taylor, Graham R. Stewart, Oona Y. -C. Lee, Houdini H. T. Wu, Gurdyal S. Besra, David E. Minnikin
Published 2017-10-01

Osteological and biomolecular evidence of a 7000-year-old case of hypertrophic pulmonary osteopathy secondary to tuberculosis from neolithic hungary.

by Muriel Masson, Erika Molnár, Helen D Donoghue, Gurdyal S Besra, David E Minnikin, Houdini H T Wu, Oona Y-C Lee, Ian D Bull, György Pálfi
Published 2013-01-01

The role of hydrophobicity in tuberculosis evolution and pathogenicity

by Monika Jankute, Vijayashankar Nataraj, Oona Y. -C. Lee, Houdini H. T. Wu, Malin Ridell, Natalie J. Garton, Michael R. Barer, David E. Minnikin, Apoorva Bhatt, Gurdyal S. Besra
Published 2017-05-01

Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

by Albel Singh, Cristian Varela, Kiranmai Bhatt, Natacha Veerapen, Oona Y C Lee, Houdini H T Wu, Gurdyal S Besra, David E Minnikin, Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Kanae Teramoto, Apoorva Bhatt
Published 2016-01-01

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lipid virulence factors preserved in the 17,000-year-old skeleton of an extinct bison, Bison antiquus.

by Oona Y-C Lee, Houdini H T Wu, Helen D Donoghue, Mark Spigelman, Charles L Greenblatt, Ian D Bull, Bruce M Rothschild, Larry D Martin, David E Minnikin, Gurdyal S Besra
Published 2012-01-01

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of methyl mycocerosates released by thermochemolysis.

by Denise M O'Sullivan, Simona C Nicoara, Reggie Mutetwa, Stanley Mungofa, Oona Y-C Lee, David E Minnikin, Max W Bardwell, Elizabeth L Corbett, Ruth McNerney, Geraint H Morgan
Published 2012-01-01

Detection and molecular characterization of 9,000-year-old Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Neolithic settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean.

by Israel Hershkovitz, Helen D Donoghue, David E Minnikin, Gurdyal S Besra, Oona Y-C Lee, Angela M Gernaey, Ehud Galili, Vered Eshed, Charles L Greenblatt, Eshetu Lemma, Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Mark Spigelman
Published 2008-01-01

Osteological, biomolecular and geochemical examination of an early anglo-saxon case of lepromatous leprosy.

by Sarah A Inskip, G Michael Taylor, Sonia R Zakrzewski, Simon A Mays, Alistair W G Pike, Gareth Llewellyn, Christopher M Williams, Oona Y-C Lee, Houdini H T Wu, David E Minnikin, Gurdyal S Besra, Graham R Stewart
Published 2015-01-01

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

by 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
Published 2013-01-01