Thursday 26 January 2017

Leprosy strain genotyped from medieval pilgrim at UK burial site

(PLOS) In a multidisciplinary study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers investigated the strain of leprosy found in a leprosy hospital cemetery in Winchester, UK. A multidisciplinary team of researchers performed extensive tests on a skeleton excavated from the cemetery, using genotyping, radiocarbon dating, biomolecular analysis, osteology, strontium, and oxygen isotopic analyses and archaeological methods.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology http://ift.tt/2j96VcD

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