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Scientists Discover 16th-Century Child Mummy Actually Had Hepatitis B, Not Smallpox
Gizmodo It's a microscopic case of mistaken identity. A new study published in PLOS Pathogens has found that a 16th-century mummified child may have actually been infected by an ancient strain of hepatitis B, not smallpox as scientists believed for decades ... This 450-year-old mummy contains the oldest evidence of hepatitis B The Hepatitis B We Know Has Been With Us for Centuries, Italian Mummy DNA Shows Mummy of Medieval Child Reveals Oldest Evidence of Deadly Hepatitis B Infection |
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