The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease - Hardcover

Roberts, Charlotte; Buikstra, Jane

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9780813026435: The Bioarchaeology of Tuberculosis: A Global View on a Reemerging Disease

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ISBN 10: 0813026431 ISBN 13: 9780813026435

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2003

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Though apparently in decline during the first half of the 20th century, tuberculosis has reawakened in both developed and developing countries, particularly among susceptible populations with immunodeficiency disorders.

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Book Description:

"An excellent book on a topic of more than academic interest."--Anthropological Science "Anyone interested in infectious diseases, however knowledgeable, will put down this book having learned something new. . . . Roberts and Buikstra have compiled what is for now the definitive work on the subject."--Journal of the History of Medicine "Truly comprehensive in scope. . . . This remarkably well organized book is medical history at its best. . . . A fascinating reading adventure."--Choice "This is not just an old bones book and the authors have sensibly outlined the social and environmental factors which need to be considered in any major survey of this kind. . . . Will remain a major reference work for decades to come."--Antiquity Though apparently in decline during the first half of the 20th century, tuberculosis has reawakened in both developed and developing countries, particularly among susceptible populations with immunodeficiency disorders.

About the Author:

Charlotte A. Roberts is a professor of archaeology at the University of Durham. She is coauthor of The Archaeology of Disease and coeditor of Burial Archaeology: Current Research, Methods, and Development and of The Past and Present of Leprosy. Jane E. Buikstra is a professor of bioarchaeology and the director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona State University. She is a member of the National Academy of Science, coeditor of Bioarchaeology: The Contextual Study of Human Remains, and coauthor of Forensic Anthropology: Methods and Theories.

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