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Bioarchaeological and molecular evidence of tuberculosis in human skeletal remains from 18th-19th century orthodox cemeteries in Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Dec 2023
Kharlamova Natalia, Ogarkov Oleg, Berdnikov Ivan, Berdnikova Natalia, Galeev Ravil, Mokrousov Igor
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In this study, we tested the skeletal human remains from the 18th - early 19th century Orthodox cemeteries in Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, for tuberculosis-associated morphological alterations and Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA. The morphologically studied bone collection included 591 individuals of mainly Caucasian origin. The molecular methods (IS6110-PCR and spoligotyping) suggested that at least four individuals...
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