Tuberculosis in the New World: a study of ribs from the Schild Mississippian population, West-Central Illinois
Vertebral lesions have been the main evidence for infection by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) in paleopathology. Skeletal involvement is expected in a small percentage of infected individuals. Recently, several authors report a correlation between rib lesions and tuberculosis (TB) comp...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006001000005 |