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Tuberculosis genomes track human history

1 posted on 01/21/2015 6:34:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

A few important notes:

Farming provided enough food so that people *could* live together. But agricultural animals also act as vectors of the disease. Cattle, pigs, African buffalo (not domesticated), hippopotamus, cats and rodents.

Importantly, there are a bunch of different kinds of TB, only some of which infect humans. But this bacterial specialization could have happened at any point in history.


5 posted on 01/21/2015 7:53:20 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: SunkenCiv
At the same time tuberculosis gnomes never seem to understand their role in spreading the disease.

gnomes photo: Gnomes Gnomesgonebad.jpg
6 posted on 01/21/2015 8:04:30 AM PST by golux
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Tuberculosis First Came To The Americas By Jumping From Seals To Humans

Not from Europeans.

9 posted on 01/21/2015 6:12:37 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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