The millennial dynamics of malaria in the mediterranean basin: documenting Plasmodium spp. on the medieval island of Corsica

IntroductionThe lack of well-preserved material upon which to base the paleo-microbiological detection of Plasmodium parasites has prevented extensive documentation of past outbreaks of malaria in Europe. By trapping intact erythrocytes at the time of death, dental pulp has been shown to be a suitab...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Abdelwadoud Boualam, Anne-Gaëlle Corbara, Gérard Aboudharam, Daniel Istria, Michel Signoli, Caroline Costedoat, Michel Drancourt, Bruno Pradines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1265964/full