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, Andrea Lessa
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Paleoepidemiology of cribra orbitalia: Insights from early seventh millennium BP Con Co Ngua, Vietnam [PDF]
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2023 Abstract Objectives We test the hypothesis that the condition(s) leading to the development of cribra orbitalia at Con Co Ngua, an early seventh millennium sedentary foraging community in Vietnam, effectively reduced the resilience of the population to subsequent health/disease impacts.
Tianyi Wang +2 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.
Adauto Araujo +2 more
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Missing data in bioarchaeology I: A review of the literature [PDF]
Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022 Abstract Objectives Missing data are a frequent and unavoidable challenge in bioarchaeological research, yet researchers seldom make explicit statements about the bias and inferential limitations that missing data introduce into their studies. There are no guidelines for best practices for the treatment or reporting of missing data.
Wissler A, Blevins K, Buikstra J.
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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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Methods in Paleoepidemiology and New Perspectives in Paleoparasitology
, 2014 Daniela Leles, Adauto Araujo
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Palaeopathological survey of a population of Mapusaurus (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation, Argentina. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Paleoepidemiology (the study of disease and trauma in prehistoric populations) provides insight into the distribution of disease and can have implications for interpreting behavior in extinct organisms.
Phil R Bell, Rodolfo A Coria
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First Paleogenetic Evidence of Probable Syphilis and Treponematoses Cases in the Brazilian Colonial Period. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2018 Despite interest in the origins of syphilis, paleopathological analysis has not provided answers, and paleogenetic diagnosis remains a challenge. Even venereal syphilis has low infectivity which means there are few circulating bacteria for most of the individual’s life.
Guedes L +5 more
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Paleopathology of human tuberculosis and the potential role of climate. [PDF]
Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis, 2009 Both origin and evolution of tuberculosis and its pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) are not fully understood. The paleopathological investigation of human remains offers a unique insight into the molecular evolution and spread including correlative data of the environment. The molecular analysis of material from Egypt (3000–500 BC), Sudan (
Nerlich AG, Lösch S.
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