Neonate Human Remains: A Window of Opportunity to the Molecular Study of Ancient Syphilis

Rafael Montiel; Eduvigis Solórzano; Nancy Díaz; Brenda A. Álvarez-Sandoval; Mercedes González-Ruiz; Mari Pau Cañadas; Nelson Simões; Albert Isidro; Assumpció Malgosa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036371

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Neonate Human Remains: A Window of Opportunity to the Molecular Study of Ancient Syphilis

Rafael Montiel,

Affiliations Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Research Center for Natural Resources (CIRN), Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
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Eduvigis Solórzano,

Current address: Departamento de Biopatología, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

Affiliation Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Nancy Díaz,

Current address: Departamento de Biopatología, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

Affiliation Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Brenda A. Álvarez-Sandoval,

Affiliation Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Mercedes González-Ruiz,

Affiliation Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Mari Pau Cañadas,

Affiliation Departament de Biologia Molecular, General Lab, Barcelona, Spain
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Nelson Simões,

Affiliation Research Center for Natural Resources (CIRN), Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
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Albert Isidro,

Affiliations Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Servei de Cirurgia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia (COT), Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain
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Assumpció Malgosa

* E-mail: Assumpcio.Malgosa@uab.cat

Affiliation Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Neonate Human Remains: A Window of Opportunity to the Molecular Study of Ancient Syphilis

Rafael Montiel,
Eduvigis Solórzano,
Nancy Díaz,
Brenda A. Álvarez-Sandoval,
Mercedes González-Ruiz,
Mari Pau Cañadas,
Nelson Simões,
Albert Isidro,
Assumpció Malgosa

Published: May 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036371

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