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Paleoepidemiology: is there a case to answer? [PDF]
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Paleopathology is the study of disease, physiological disruptions and impairment in the past. After two centuries of mainly descriptive studies, efforts are being made towards better methodological approaches to the study of diseases in human populations
Diana Maul DE CARVALHO
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The Paleoepidemiology of American Trypasonomiasis (Chagas disease)
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Ancient DNA methodology was applied to extract and amplify a segment of kinetoplast DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi in soft tissue specimens from about 300 spontaneously mummified human bodies from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile and southern Peru.
Wilmar Salo +5 more
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PALEOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF INTESTINAL PARASITES AND LICE IN PRE-COLUMBIAN SOUTH AMERICA [PDF]
Chungara, 2011 Some human parasites originated in prehominid ancestors in Africa. Nematode species, such as Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), hookworms and Trichuris trichiura are shared by humans and other close phylogenetic primates (Pan and Gorilla), showing that they infected a common ancestor to this group.
Bernardo Arriaza +2 more
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Methods in Paleoepidemiology and New Perspectives in Paleoparasitology
, 2014 Adauto Araujo
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Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 Paleoparasitological research has made important contributions to the understanding of parasite evolution and ecology. Although parasitic protozoa exhibit a worldwide distribution, recovering these organisms from an archaeological context is still ...
Liesbeth Frías +2 more
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La paléoépidémiologie intégrative
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 Infectious paleoepidemiology is a field of study that has received little attention in recent years. However, the restitution of infectious environments specific to ancient populations and the apprehension of infections’ impact on their health status are
Avril Meffray +2 more
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Zoonoses and their traces in ancient genomes – a possible indicator for ancient life-style changes?
Journal of Medical Science, 2020 Humans are constantly exposed to health risks inherent to the environment in which they live, thereby including non-human fauna. Zoonoses are infectious diseases caused by agents such as bacteria, parasites, or viruses being transmitted to humans from ...
Dawid Leciej +2 more
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Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 In order to improve the interpretive potential of archaeoparasitology, it is important to demonstrate that the epidemiology of ancient parasites is comparable to that of modern parasites. Once this is demonstrated, then we can be secure that the evidence
Karl J Reinhard, Jane Buikstra
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Tuberculosis in medieval and early modern Denmark: A paleoepidemiological perspective [PDF]
International Journal of Paleopathology, 2019 Millions of people worldwide have sickened and died from tuberculosis in recent centuries. Yet for most of human existence, the impact of tuberculosis on society is largely unknown. It is, indeed, unknowable without methods suitable for estimating disease prevalence in skeletal samples.
Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen +3 more
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