Figure 3. Skeletal lesions of leprosy and isolation of lesion-associated Mycobacterium
leprae DNA" Frontal view (a) and left side view (b) of archaeological skeletal remains …

The Nabe-kaburi is a unique burial method, the purpose of which is shrouded in mystery.
The burials were performed during the 15th to 18th centuries in eastern Japan, and involved …

This study is based on the paleaopathology of leprosy on human skeletal remains and the
detection of ancient Mycobacterium leprae DNA. Two cases of childhood leprosy were …

Abstract Objective We assessed whether Petrus Donders (died 1887), a Dutch priest who for
27 years cared for people with leprosy in the leprosarium Batavia, Suriname, had evidence …

Hershkovitz et al.(1992) reported on a skeleton from Bet Guvrin, Israel, dating from the
Byzantine period (300-600 AD). There were pathological changes in the lower extremities …

Orosháza site no. 10 (Southeast Hungary) contains the partially excavated archaeological
remains of an 11-13th century CE Muslim merchant village and its cemetery located in close …

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that affects almost
500,000 people worldwide^ 1^. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of …

Using ancient DNA methods, we have examined in detail two archaeological cases of
leprosy from Mediaeval England. The first was a child skeleton with rhino-maxillary changes …

Although leprosy often results in characteristic morphological alterations to the skeleton, its
diagnosis may be difficult in cases of less significant bone changes. Molecular analysis of …

Erosion in the 1960s resulted in exposure of human skeletal remains from a Norse Christian
cemetery at Newark Bay, Orkney, Scotland. One set of remains showed osteological …