The Origin and Maintenance of Tuberculosis Is Explained by the Induction of Smear-Negative Disease in the Paleolithic

Is it possible that the origin of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (Mtb) infection was around 70,000 years before the common era? At that time <i>Homo sapiens</i> was just another primate species with discrete growth and a very low-density geographic occupation. Therefore, i...

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Main Authors: Pere-Joan Cardona, Martí Català, Clara Prats
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/3/366