No proof that typhoid caused the Plague of Athens (a reply to Papagrigorakis et al.)

Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Jul;10(4):334-5; author reply 335-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.006. Epub 2006 May 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification*
  • Greece, Ancient
  • History, Ancient
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Salmonella typhi* / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tooth / chemistry
  • Typhoid Fever / diagnosis*
  • Typhoid Fever / history*
  • Typhoid Fever / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial