Tuberculosis in post-contact Native Americans of Brazil: Paleopathological and paleogenetic evidence from the Tenetehara-Guajajara.

Tuberculosis (TB) has been described in Native American populations prior to the arrival of European explorers, and in Brazilian populations dating from the Colonial Period. There are no studies demonstrating TB infection in native Brazilians, and the history and epidemiological scenario of TB in Br...

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Main Authors: Lucélia Guedes, Lauren Hubert Jaeger, Andersen Liryo, Claudia Rodrigues-Carvalho, Sheila Mendonça de Souza, Alena Mayo Iñiguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124704?pdf=render