5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT

The evolution of disease is one of medicine's most challenging questions. This paper considers the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt over a 5000 year period. Evidence from mummies demonstrates the presence of this disease in ancient Egypt, and several diagnostic laboratory methods are cu...

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Autor principal:	David,A. Rosalie
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología 2000
Materias:	Paleopathology snails egyptian mummies
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-735620000001000222006-01-045000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPTDavid,A. Rosalie Paleopathology snails egyptian mummies The evolution of disease is one of medicine's most challenging questions. This paper considers the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt over a 5000 year period. Evidence from mummies demonstrates the presence of this disease in ancient Egypt, and several diagnostic laboratory methods are currently being developed and used to examine the palaeopathology of schistosomiasis in the mummies. This data will be compared with information being gathered about the disease in Egypt today. An Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank, currently being established at Manchester University Museum, will provide a unique and important research for the current project, and also for future studies on the evolution of other diseasesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de AntropologíaChungará (Arica) v.32 n.1 20002000-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73562000000100022en10.4067/S0717-73562000000100022
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description	The evolution of disease is one of medicine's most challenging questions. This paper considers the epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt over a 5000 year period. Evidence from mummies demonstrates the presence of this disease in ancient Egypt, and several diagnostic laboratory methods are currently being developed and used to examine the palaeopathology of schistosomiasis in the mummies. This data will be compared with information being gathered about the disease in Egypt today. An Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank, currently being established at Manchester University Museum, will provide a unique and important research for the current project, and also for future studies on the evolution of other diseases
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title	5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT
title_short	5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT
title_full	5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT
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title_full_unstemmed	5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT
title_sort	5000 years of schistosomiasis in egypt
publisher	Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología
publishDate	2000
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5000 YEARS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN EGYPT

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