Tuberculosis in America

A mummy of a thousand years ago has been studied by the PCR system and fragments of DNA from the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been found.

Recently, a thousand years ago mummy with the PCR system (Polymerase Chain Reaction) has been studied in Peru and fragments of DNA from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria have been found. Momia is a 40-45 year-old woman who, being Christopher Columbus 500 years before her arrival in America, has discovered that there was a tuberculosis bacterium.

Thanks to molecular biology, much progress has been made in paleontology. Until now, only hypotheses could be made, since the different microorganisms cause the same lesions.

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