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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2024

A historico-medical perspective on ancient epidemics and their impact on past human societies.

Francesco M Galassi, Elena Varotto, Elena Percivaldi, Valentina Vittori, Luigi Ingaliso, Mauro Vaccarezza, Mariano Martini, Domenico Ribatti

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2024. 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

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Francesco M GalassiDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland.
Elena VarottoArchaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Elena PercivaldiCentro Studi Storico Archeologici del Gargano, Foggia, Italy.
Valentina VittoriFAPAB Research Center, Sicily, Italy.
Luigi IngalisoDepartment of Humanities (DISUM), University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Mauro VaccarezzaCurtin Medical School & Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Mariano MartiniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Domenico RibattiDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present article reviews the major historical plague epidemics that characterised human history by combining data derived from historical sources and biomedical evidence emerged in recent years thanks to advancements of palaeogenetics and palaeopathology. Notes are offered on the Plague of Athens, the Antonine Plague, the Plague of Cyprian, the Justinian Plague, the Black Death down to more recent centuries and presenting key aspects that continued to be preserved over time and would also partly characterise the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19PlagueEpidemicsHistory, 15th CenturyHistory, 16th CenturyHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, AncientHistory, MedievalHumansPaleopathologyPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19EpidemicsHistory of medicineImmunologyInfectious diseasesPlaguePrevention

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PMID39758761
PMCPMC11698106

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