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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2022

Palaeoserology - teeth put into ancient plagues and pandemics.

Kai Dallmeier

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Kai DallmeierLaboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Molecular Vaccinology and Vaccine Discovery, KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8117-9166

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Based on archived medical records and evolutionary modelling, a Coronavirus has been hypothesized as root and causative agent of the so-called 'Russian Flu' pandemic that surged in 1889-1890. In a Correspondence published in this volume of Microbial Biotechnology, Ramassy and colleagues try to support historical evidence by true experimental data using 'palaeoserology', a novel approach combining archaeology and modern immunological analysis. This Opinion piece tries to weigh arguments how strong such data may be, and where a refinement of methodology might be desirable before textbooks of medical history switch to call the 1890s pandemic 'Russian Corona'.

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Coronavirus InfectionsInfluenza, HumanPlagueHumansPandemics

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PMID35478431
PMCPMC9249320

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