Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe

J. Schuenemann, Verena; Avanzi, Charlotte; Krause‐Kyora, Ben; Seitz, Alexander; Herbig, Alexander; A. Inskip, Sarah; Bonazzi, Marion; Reiter, Ella; Urban, Christian; Dangvard Pedersen, Dorthe; Michael Taylor, G.; Singh, Pushpendra; R. Stewart, Graham; Velemínský, Petr; Likovský, Jakub; Marcsik, Antónia; Molnár, Erika; Pálfi, György; Mariotti, Valentina; Riga, Alessandro; Giovanna Belcastro, Maria; L. Boldsen, Jesper; Nebel, Almut; Mays, Simon; D. Donoghue, Helen; Zakrzewski, Sonia; Benjak, Andrej; Nieselt, Kay; T. Cole, Stewart; Krause, Johannes

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006997

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Ancient genomes reveal a high diversity of Mycobacterium leprae in medieval Europe

Published in PLoS Pathogens • May 10, 2018

Authors:

Verena J. Schuenemann

Charlotte Avanzi

Ben Krause‐Kyora

Abstract

Studying ancient DNA allows us to retrace the evolutionary history of human pathogens, such as Mycobacterium leprae, the main causative agent of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded and most stigmatizing diseases in human history. The disease was prevalent in Europe until the 16th century ...

Subject

Mycobacterium leprae

Genome

Diversity (politics)

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