Ancient DNA study identifies pathogen that killed Napoleon's soldiers during 1812 Russian retreat
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Beatrice Bowlby
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A new study analyzing ancient DNA from soldiers of Napoleon's Grande Armée who died during the 1812 retreat from Russia has identified the infectious pathogens responsible. Contrary to initial expectations of typhus, the research from the Pasteur Institute in Paris reveals a different culprit behind the massive disease outbreak that devastated the French army during its disastrous retreat.
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· 3 pulledAnalysis of ancient DNA recovered from some of the soldiers who met their end during this ill-fated escapade may have revealed the culprit
it wasn't typhus, as the team behind the research, from the Pasteur Institute (Paris, France), had initially expected
Over two centuries have elapsed since Napoleon's Grande Armée – nearly half a
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