A 2,000-year-old specimen with intraerythrocytic Bartonella quintana
R. Barbieri, H. A. B. Mai, T. Chenal, M.-L. Bassi, D. Gandia, L. Camoin-Jau, H. Lepidi, G. Aboudharam, M. Drancourt
The paper identifies Bartonella quintana in ancient blood cells preserved in dental pulp from a 2,000-year-old Roman individual using microscopy and molecular techniques.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2020Microbiology