Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in remains of 18th-19th century slaves, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):837-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.120193.
No abstract available

Keywords: Brazil; MTC; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Rio de Janeiro; TB; aDNA; ancient DNA; bacteria; mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; paleogenetic analysis; slavery; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • Black People*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / classification
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / classification
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics*
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / isolation & purification
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Haplotypes
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Paleopathology
  • Social Problems
  • Tuberculosis / ethnology
  • Tuberculosis / history
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Mitochondrial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ639893
  • GENBANK/JQ639894
  • GENBANK/JQ639895