Paleoparasitologia no Brasil [PDF]
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2002 Neste artigo faz-se uma revisão sobre o início da paleoparasitologia no Brasil e seu desenvolvimento. A pesquisa de parasitos em vestígios humanos pode trazer informações sobre questões tais como a origem e antiguidade da relação parasito-hospedeiro, distribuição de parasitos através do tempo e migrações humanas pré-históricas.
Gonçalves, Marcelo L. C. +2 more
core +10 more sources
Genetic Identification of Brazilian Mammalian Hosts of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>: Improving Blood Meal Source Discrimination in Vector-Borne Transmission. [PDF]
PathogensThe detection of food sources of blood-sucking vectors is essential for a better understanding of the hosts, reservoirs, and other fauna that participate in the transmission web of hemoparasites.
Oliveira QM, Pessanha TS, Iñiguez AM.
europepmc +2 more sources
Chagas disease in prehistory [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 The classical hypothesis proposes that Chagas disease has been originated in the Andean region among prehistoric people when they started domesticating animals, changing to sedentary habits, and adopting agriculture.
Luiz F. Ferreira +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
POTENCIALIDADES DA AMAZÔNIA PARA A PALEOPARASITOLOGIA [PDF]
Revista de Patologia Tropical, 2015 Scientific fallacy may contribute to the lack of interest in studying geographic regions in a specific field of science: for example the paleoparasitological research in Amazonia, which we aim to demystify in this review. It is usually mentioned that in the Amazon region the possibilities of recovering organic remains are very poor.
Daniela Leles, Adauto Araújo
openaire +4 more sources
Clio Arqueológica, 2017 A Paleoparasitologia tem-se desenvolvido amplamente no Brasil nas últimas décadas, e esse avanço deve-se em grande parte aos trabalhos dos pesquisadores da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, sediada no Rio de Janeiro.
Gabriela Martin
doaj +2 more sources
Capillariid diversity in archaeological material from the New and the Old World: clustering and artificial intelligence approaches. [PDF]
Parasit VectorsBackground Capillariid nematode eggs have been reported in archaeological material in both the New and the Old World, mainly in Europe and South America.
Borba VH +5 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Study of infectious diseases in archaeological bone material - A dataset. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2017 Bones of human and ground sloth remains were analyzed for presence of Trypanosoma cruzi by conventional PCR using primers TC, TC1 and TC2. Sequence results amplified a fragment with the same product size as the primers (300 and 350pb).
Pucu E +8 more
europepmc +2 more sources
A new ascarid species in cynodont coprolite dated of 240 million years [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2014 Cynodonts represent the transition from reptiles to mammals. They are classified as synapsids, or tetrapod animals with mammalian characteristics. We present here the finding of helminth eggs in a coprolite identified as of cynodont origin dated of ...
PRISCILLA A. DA SILVA +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolPaleoparasitology and paleogenetics is the study parasites in ancient remains from latrines, mummified individuals, and coprolites, that is fossilized or desiccated feces.
Gurjão L +4 more
europepmc +2 more sources