Past human health and migration : the analysis of microbial DNA associated with human remains recovered from a glacier in Canada

• Main Author: Swanston, Treena Marie
• Other Authors: Walker, Ernest G.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2010
• Subjects: Kwäday Dän Ts'Ìnchi; Helicobacter pylori; ancient DNA; microbial; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Canada; British Columbia; Champagne; Aishihik; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03172010-130710

In paleopathology, the assessment of disease occurs through macroscopic observation, which is dependent on the preservation of the sample and the experience of the observer. Many disease events do not leave any visible signatures and therefore go undetected. The relatively new field of paleomicrobio...