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The Cause of Death of a Child in the 18th Century Solved by Bone Microbiome Typing Using Laser Microdissection and Next Generation Sequencing.
International journal of molecular sciences - 6 Jan 2017
D'Argenio Valeria, Torino Marielva, Precone Vincenza, Casaburi Giorgio, Esposito Maria Valeria, Iaffaldano Laura, Malapelle Umberto, Troncone Giancarlo, Coto Iolanda, Cavalcanti Paolina, De Rosa Gaetano, Salvatore Francesco, Sacchetti Lucia
Abstract excerpt
The history of medicine abounds in cases of mysterious deaths, especially by infectious diseases, which were probably unresolved because of the lack of knowledge and of appropriate technology. The aim of this study was to exploit contemporary technologies to try to identify the cause of death of a young boy who died from a putative "infection" at the end of the 18th century, and for whom an extraordinarily...
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