Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia

Djuric-Srejic, M.; Roberts, C.A.

Abstract

Published data on palaeopathology are limited from the area of Serbia. This paper provides evidence for infectious disease in 1617 skeletons from eight Medieval Serbian cemeteries. Two hundred and three individuals were analysed by the first author and data on the remaining skeletons were derived from previous published work. A total of 23 adult individuals, and no non-adults, had evidence of infectious disease. Historical data on infectious disease at that time are considered, particularly leprosy, treponemal disease, and infections affecting only the soft tissues, such as the plague, dysentery, smallpox and rabies, and the results of the analyses compared, with discussions on the limitations of the study.

Citation

Djuric-Srejic, M., & Roberts, C. (2001). Palaeopathological evidence of infectious disease in skeletal populations from later medieval Serbia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 11(5), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.570

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2001
• Deposit Date: Jul 28, 2009
• Journal: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
• Print ISSN: 1047-482X
• Electronic ISSN: 1099-1212
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 311-320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.570
• Keywords: Serbia, Later Medieval, Infectious disease.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1565434