Meningococcal disease remains an important cause of morbidity and death worldwide
despite the development and increasing implementation of effective vaccines. Elimination of …

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear and paucicellular fluid that circulates within the
ventricular system and the subarachnoid space of the central nervous system (CNS), and …

Mineralized dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient
biomolecules. Here we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold), the causative …

The transition from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age has witnessed important population
and societal changes in western Europe. 1 These include massive genomic contributions of …

Abstract Background The human pathogen Haemophilus influenzae was the main cause of
bacterial meningitis in children and a major cause of worldwide infant mortality before the …

Objectives Limited studies have focused on how European contact and colonialism
impacted Native American oral microbiomes, specifically, the diversity of commensal or …

This article emerged as the human species collectively have been experiencing the worst
global pandemic in a century. With a long view of the ecological, economic, social, and …

Objective To critically examine the role that case studies play in recent paleopathological
literature, by evaluating their frequency of publication, academic impact, and the public …

With the Neolithic transition, human lifestyle shifted from hunting and gathering to farming.
This change altered subsistence patterns, cultural expression, and population structures as …

Endocranial lesions were recognized on eight out of the 31 juveniles (25.8%) that were
recovered from three Neolithic archaeological sites in Henan province. The remains of …