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01-12-2017 | Lessons from the Museum

Bone lesions in yaws – another potential marker of indigenous Australian remains

Author: Roger W. Byard

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 4/2017

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Yaws is a chronic non-venereal infection caused by Treponema pallidum, subspecies pertenue. In the 1950’s the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were approximately 50 million cases of yaws globally [1, 2], which included indigenous Australians. Studies funded by the University of Adelaide were conducted on yaws in the early part of last century in the Northern Territory and in South Australia [3], where some of the bone specimens remain in the School of Anatomy and Pathology Museum (Museum specimens # 1271 & 1031). Re-examination of these specimens provided the basis for this report. …

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Title: Bone lesions in yaws – another potential marker of indigenous Australian remains
Author: Roger W. Byard
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9898-x

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