[HTML][HTML] Big Epidemiology: The Birth, Life, Death, and Resurgence of Diseases on a Global Timescale

NL Bragazzi, T Lehr - Epidemiologia, 2024 - mdpi.com
Big Epidemiology represents an innovative framework that extends the interdisciplinary
approach of Big History to understand disease patterns, causes, and effects across human …

[HTML][HTML] The Evolution of Diagnostic Techniques in the Paleopathology of Tuberculosis: A Scoping Review

V Papa, FM Galassi, E Varotto, A Gori… - Pathogens and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient chronic infectious disease that remains a global health
concern. In human remains, the most common and characteristic clinical signs are the …

A rare case of calvarial tuberculosis from the Avar Age (8th century CE) cemetery of Kaba–Bitózug (Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary)–Pathogenesis and differential …

O Spekker, OA Váradi, A Szekeres, HY Jäger, A Zink… - Tuberculosis, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of our paper is to present and discuss in detail the bony changes indicative of
tuberculosis (TB) that were identified in a skeleton (KB67), unearthed from grave 67 of the …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of tuberculosis infection in various populations during the 19th and 20th century: The impact of conservative and pharmaceutical treatments

KL Holloway-Kew, M Henneberg - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have co-evolved together for thousands of years.
Many individuals are infected with the bacterium, but few show signs and symptoms of …

An ancient cranium from Dmanisi: Evidence for interpersonal violence, disease, and possible predation by carnivores on Early Pleistocene Homo

A Margvelashvili, M Tappen, GP Rightmire… - Journal of human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Five well-preserved individuals from Dmanisi represent a paleodeme attributed to early
Homo. Here we provide a case study of the D2280 adult cranium, which presents four oval …

Metagenomic research of infectious diseases in archaeological contexts: evidence from the Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos (Portugal)

F Alves-Cardoso, S Palomo-Díez, AA Conde… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Syphilis is one of the most exciting diseases explored in paleopathology and, therefore,
tracing back its origin and development has provided a prolific debate. The combination of …

Lumbosacral tuberculosis, a rare manifestation of Pott's disease–How identified human skeletons from the pre-antibiotic era can be used as reference cases to …

O Spekker, DR Hunt, K Király, L Kis, Á Madai… - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
The macromorphological examination of identified human osteological collections from the
pre-antibiotic era (eg, Terry Collection) can provide invaluable information about the skeletal …

White plague among the “forgotten people” from the Barbaricum of the Carpathian Basin–Cases with tuberculosis from the Sarmatian-period (3rd–4th centuries CE) …

O Spekker, A Kiss P, L Kis, K Király, S Varga, A Marcsik… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that is well-known in the palaeopathological record
because it can affect the skeleton and consequently leaves readily identifiable macroscopic …

Morphologic and Clinical Aspects of Pott Disease in Ancient Human Remains: A Scoping Review

V Papa, E Varotto, M Vaccarezza, FM Galassi - Spine, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. The present study is a scoping review of the literature on Pott disease in
ancient human remains. Objective. Comprehending the origin and history of Pott disease is …

The first probable case with tuberculous meningitis from the Hun period of the Carpathian Basin–How diagnostics development can contribute to increase knowledge …

O Spekker, L Kis, N Lukács, E Patyi, B Tihanyi - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of our paper is to demonstrate and discuss in detail the endocranial bony changes
suggestive of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) that were recorded in an adult female's (SPF15) …