‘DNA and the Middle Ages: Genetics, History and Archaeology’
The Beehive, Newcastle
University
22 October 2004
Organiser: Dr Scott Ashley, School of Historical Studies
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Robert Sallares (Dept of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST)
Title: ‘Disease Evolution and Epidemiology in the Middle
Ages’
Abstract: This paper will consider recent developments in research
on the evolution, spread and effects of major infectious diseases in the mediaeval
period, with specific reference to malaria, leprosy and plague.
