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SUBMITTER: Masson M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3813517 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masson Muriel M Molnár Erika E Donoghue Helen D HD Besra Gurdyal S GS Minnikin David E DE Wu Houdini H T HH Lee Oona Y-C OY Bull Ian D ID Pálfi György G
PloS one 20131030 10
Seventy-one individuals from the late Neolithic population of the 7000-year-old site of Hódmezővásárhely-Gorzsa were examined for their skeletal palaeopathology. This revealed numerous cases of infections and non-specific stress indicators in juveniles and adults, metabolic diseases in juveniles, and evidence of trauma and mechanical changes in adults. Several cases showed potential signs of tuberculosis, particularly the remains of the individual HGO-53. This is an important finding that has si ...[more]