MALARIA IN ANCIENT EGYPT: PALEOIMMUNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON PREDYNASTIC MUMMIFIED REMAINS

We examined samples from the Marro's Collection, belonging to the Anthropological and Ethnographic Museum of Turin, to determine the presence of malaria antigens. The specimens we assessed belong to predynastic mummies (3.200 B.C.) from Gebelen. For detection of malaria, we applied a paleoimmun...

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Main Authors: Rabino Massa,Emma, Cerutti,Nicoletta, Marin D. Savoia,A.
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología 2000
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73562000000100003
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