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, reveal researchers. Their findings, published in the journal iNature Communications/i, drew on a remarkable, if gruesome, source. In 1994, workers restoring a Dominican church in Vac, Hungary, stumbled upon the remains of more than 200 people whose corpses had become naturally mummified. ...Saturday 11 April 2015
Tales from the Crypt: Mummies Reveal TB's Roman Lineage in 18th-Century Europe
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, reveal researchers. Their findings, published in the journal iNature Communications/i, drew on a remarkable, if gruesome, source. In 1994, workers restoring a Dominican church in Vac, Hungary, stumbled upon the remains of more than 200 people whose corpses had become naturally mummified. ...
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