Rickettsia felis DNA recovered from a child who lived in southern Africa 2000 years ago
Ancient genomic evidence for Rickettsia felis presence in human remains from 2000 years ago reframes previous hypotheses of R. felis as a novel or emergent pathogen in modern humans.
Main Authors: | Riaan F. Rifkin, Surendra Vikram, Jaime Alcorta, Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Don A. Cowan, Mattias Jakobsson, Carina M. Schlebusch, Marlize Lombard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-03-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04582-y |
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