 | The hepatitis B virus has been infecting people since at least the Bronze Age, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. 304 samples of humans from Europe and Asia, who lived between 200 and 7,000 years ago, were examined for hepatitis B DNA. Researchers found matches for the virus in the remains of 25 people, including in the bones of a warrior buried in a mass grave in Mongolia. Some versions of the ancient hepatitis virus still infect humans. Another died out. |
Thursday, May 10, 2018
New strains of hepatitis B virus discovered in ancient human remains
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