Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence

This work contributes to ongoing discussions about the nature of tuberculosis in the Western Hemisphere prior to the time of European contact. Our example, from the extreme south of South America was, at the time of our study, without firm temporal association or molecular characterization. In Tierr...

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Autores principales: Guichon, Ricardo Anibal, Buikstra, Jane E., Stone, Anne C., Harkins, Kelly M., Suby, Jorge Alejandro, Massone, Mauricio, Prieto lglesias, Alfredo, Wilbur, Alicia, Constantinescu, Florence, Rodríguez Martín, Conrado
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Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58794
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/58794
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topic ANCIENT DNA
BIOARCHAEOLOGY
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
TUBERCULOSIS
Paleontología
Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
spellingShingle ANCIENT DNA
BIOARCHAEOLOGY
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
TUBERCULOSIS
Paleontología
Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
Buikstra, Jane E.
Stone, Anne C.
Harkins, Kelly M.
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Massone, Mauricio
Prieto lglesias, Alfredo
Wilbur, Alicia
Constantinescu, Florence
Rodríguez Martín, Conrado
Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
topic_facet ANCIENT DNA
BIOARCHAEOLOGY
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
TUBERCULOSIS
Paleontología
Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
description This work contributes to ongoing discussions about the nature of tuberculosis in the Western Hemisphere prior to the time of European contact. Our example, from the extreme south of South America was, at the time of our study, without firm temporal association or molecular characterization. In Tierra del Fuego, Constantinescu (1999) briefly described vertebral bone lesions compatible with TB in an undated skeleton from Myren 1 site (Chile). The remains of Myren are estimated to represent a man between 18 and 23 years old at the time of death. The objectives of this research are to extend this description, to present molecular results, to establish a radiocarbon date, and to report stable isotopic values for the remains. We provide further description of the remains, including tuberculosis-like skeletal pathology. Radiocarbon dating of 640. ±. 20 years BP attributes this individual to the precontact fourteenth-fifteenth centuries. Isotopic ratios for nitrogen and carbon from bone collagen suggest a mixed diet. Molecular results were positive for the rpoB quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays but negative for two independent IS6110 and IS1081 qPCR assays. Further testing using genomic methods to target any mycobacteria for specific identification are needed.
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author Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
Buikstra, Jane E.
Stone, Anne C.
Harkins, Kelly M.
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Massone, Mauricio
Prieto lglesias, Alfredo
Wilbur, Alicia
Constantinescu, Florence
Rodríguez Martín, Conrado
author_facet Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
Buikstra, Jane E.
Stone, Anne C.
Harkins, Kelly M.
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Massone, Mauricio
Prieto lglesias, Alfredo
Wilbur, Alicia
Constantinescu, Florence
Rodríguez Martín, Conrado
author_sort Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
title Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
title_short Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
title_full Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
title_fullStr Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
title_full_unstemmed Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
title_sort pre-columbian tuberculosis in tierra del fuego? discussion of the paleopathological and molecular evidence
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58794
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/58794
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