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Diagnosing Tuberculosis - A critical review of palaeopathological literature on tuberculosis in human skeletal and mummified remains

Andersson, Lina LU (2021) ARKM23 20211
Historical Osteology
Abstract
To analyse tuberculosis both in present and historic times becomes very important in order to understand the magnitude of this disease. The presented information in this thesis was based on a quantitative analysis of skeletal traits and aDNA used to diagnose tuberculosis in skeletal material and mummified remains. The material was collected from 51 articles, books and theses from the year 2000 until present. Two exceptions were made with one article from 1994 and one doctoral thesis from 1999. The geographical selection included materials from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The oldest materials were from the European Neolithic and the youngest were from 1990-2000. The aim of this thesis was to investigate what... (More)
To analyse tuberculosis both in present and historic times becomes very important in order to understand the magnitude of this disease. The presented information in this thesis was based on a quantitative analysis of skeletal traits and aDNA used to diagnose tuberculosis in skeletal material and mummified remains. The material was collected from 51 articles, books and theses from the year 2000 until present. Two exceptions were made with one article from 1994 and one doctoral thesis from 1999. The geographical selection included materials from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The oldest materials were from the European Neolithic and the youngest were from 1990-2000. The aim of this thesis was to investigate what diagnostic traits have been used to diagnose tuberculosis, at what quantity they are present and how they appear in relation to the use of aDNA analysis. 46% of the total amount of diagnosed individuals were males and 34% females. The adults diagnosed with tuberculosis represent 61% of the material. Previous research has shown Pott´s disease as the diagnostic trait for tuberculosis. In the materials studied here, calcification and structural changes on ribs were the most often used diagnostic trait. Pott´s disease has been used as a diagnostic trait 57 times, ribs 157 times. Of the materials included in this study, the most common method to study human remains was to analyse skeletal remains without aDNA with 413 cases. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Lina LU
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organization
course
ARKM23 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Tuberculosis, critical review, methods, palaeopathology, Pott´s disease, ribs
language
English
id
9053914
date added to LUP
2021-10-01 10:48:28
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2021-10-01 10:48:28
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  abstract     = {{To analyse tuberculosis both in present and historic times becomes very important in order to understand the magnitude of this disease. The presented information in this thesis was based on a quantitative analysis of skeletal traits and aDNA used to diagnose tuberculosis in skeletal material and mummified remains. The material was collected from 51 articles, books and theses from the year 2000 until present. Two exceptions were made with one article from 1994 and one doctoral thesis from 1999. The geographical selection included materials from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The oldest materials were from the European Neolithic and the youngest were from 1990-2000. The aim of this thesis was to investigate what diagnostic traits have been used to diagnose tuberculosis, at what quantity they are present and how they appear in relation to the use of aDNA analysis. 46% of the total amount of diagnosed individuals were males and 34% females. The adults diagnosed with tuberculosis represent 61% of the material. Previous research has shown Pott´s disease as the diagnostic trait for tuberculosis. In the materials studied here, calcification and structural changes on ribs were the most often used diagnostic trait. Pott´s disease has been used as a diagnostic trait 57 times, ribs 157 times. Of the materials included in this study, the most common method to study human remains was to analyse skeletal remains without aDNA with 413 cases.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Lina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Diagnosing Tuberculosis - A critical review of palaeopathological literature on tuberculosis in human skeletal and mummified remains}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}