title: On the origin of American tuberculosis.
abstract: After more than a century of debate, it is now firmly established that tuberculosis existed in the New World before the arrival of Columbus. What is not yet known is how or when, exactly, the infection reached the Americas, how it spread from one continent to the other, and whether the pre-Columbian infection was caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis.
authors: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Philip.Mackowiak@med.va.gov
authors: Philip A
authors: PA
authors: Mackowiak
authors: Vera Tiesler
authors: VT
authors: Blos
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Aguilar
authors: Jane E
authors: JE
authors: Buikstra
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history*