Microscopic evidence of Malaria infection in visceral tissue from Medici Family, Italy

F Maixner; D Drescher; G Boccalini; D Piombino-Mascali; M Janko; N Berens-Riha; BJ Kim; M Gamble; J Schatterny; RE Morty; M Ludwig; B Krause-Kyora; R Stark; HJ An; J Neumann; G Cipollini; R Grimm; N Kilian; A Zink

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Microscopic evidence of Malaria infection in visceral tissue from Medici Family, Italy

F Maixner, D Drescher, G Boccalini, D Piombino-Mascali, M Janko, N Berens-Riha, BJ Kim, M Gamble, J Schatterny, RE Morty, M Ludwig, B Krause-Kyora, R Stark, HJ An, J Neumann, G Cipollini, R Grimm, N Kilian, A Zink

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Microscopy of mummified visceral tissue from a Medici family member in Italy identified a potential blood vessel containing erythrocytes. Giemsa staining, atomic force microscopy, and immunohistochemistry confirmed Plasmodium falciparum inside those erythrocytes. Our results indicate an ancient Mediterranean presence of P. falciparum, which remains responsible for most malaria deaths in Africa.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1280-1283
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.230134
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Maixner, F., Drescher, D., Boccalini, G., Piombino-Mascali, D., Janko, M., Berens-Riha, N., Kim, BJ., Gamble, M., Schatterny, J., Morty, RE., Ludwig, M., Krause-Kyora, B., Stark, R., An, HJ., Neumann, J., Cipollini, G., Grimm, R., Kilian, N., & Zink, A. (2023). Microscopic evidence of Malaria infection in visceral tissue from Medici Family, Italy. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(6), 1280-1283. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2906.230134

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