Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The Raw Story: Mummies found in Hungarian crypt reveal the Roman lineage of tuberculosis

Samples from mummies in a Hungarian crypt have revealed that multiple tuberculosis strains derived from a single Roman ancestor that circulated in 18th-century Europe, scientists said Tuesday. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, drew on a remarkable, if gruesome, source....





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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on April 08, 2015 at 04:12PM

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