Palaeoserology - teeth put into ancient plagues and pandemics.
Microb Biotechnol
; 15(7): 1940-1942, 2022 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1816502
ABSTRACT
Based on archived medical records and evolutionary modelling, a Coronavirus has been hypothesized as root and causative agent of the so-called 'Russian Flu' pandemic that surged in 1889-1890. In a Correspondence published in this volume of Microbial Biotechnology, Ramassy and colleagues try to support historical evidence by true experimental data using 'palaeoserology', a novel approach combining archaeology and modern immunological analysis. This Opinion piece tries to weigh arguments how strong such data may be, and where a refinement of methodology might be desirable before textbooks of medical history switch to call the 1890s pandemic 'Russian Corona'.
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Main subject:
Plague
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Coronavirus Infections
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Influenza, Human
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Microb Biotechnol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1751-7915.14065
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