On the origin of American tuberculosis

Philip A. Mackowiak; Vera Tiesler Blos; Manuel Aguilar; Jane E. Buikstra

doi:10.1086/432013

On the origin of American tuberculosis

Philip A. Mackowiak
, Vera Tiesler Blos
, Manuel Aguilar
, Jane E. Buikstra

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Abstract

After more than a century of debate, it is now firmly established that tuberculosis existed in the New World before the arrival of Columbus. What is not yet known is how or when, exactly, the infection reached the Americas, how it spread from one continent to the other, and whether the pre-Columbian infection was caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	515-518
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	41
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/432013
State	Published - Aug 15 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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