Paleopathological Evidence and Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA from Archaeological Skeletal Remains of Nabe-kaburi (Head-Covered with Iron Pots) Burials in Japan

• Koichi Suzuki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

  * E-mail: koichis@nih.go.jp

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Aiko Saso ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

  Affiliations The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Keigo Hoshino ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

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• Junya Sakurai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Koichi Suzuki, Aiko Saso, Keigo Hoshino, Junya Sakurai

  Affiliation Faculty of Policy Management, Shobi University, Kawagoe, Japan

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• Kazunari Tanigawa,

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuqian Luo,

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuko Ishido,

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shuichi Mori,

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuaki Hirata,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

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• Norihisa Ishii

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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