Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology [PDF]
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it difficult to trace the thresholds between benefit and damage, and therefore, the definitions of commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis become worthless ...
Ana Maria Jansen +2 more
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PALEOPARASITOLOGY: PERSPECTIVES WITH NEW TECHNIQUES [PDF]
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo, 1998 Paleoparasitology is the study of parasites found in archaeological material. The development of this field of research began with histological identification of helminth eggs in mummy tissues, analysis of coprolites, and recently through molecular ...
Ana Carolina Vicente +2 more
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Paleoparasitology: the origin of human parasites [PDF]
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013 Parasitism is composed by three subsystems: the parasite, the host, and the environment. There are no organisms that cannot be parasitized. The relationship between a parasite and its host species most of the time do not result in damage or disease to ...
Pedro Paulo Chieffi +2 more
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THE PROCESS OF Leishmania INFECTION - DISEASE AND NEW PERSPECTIVES OF PALEOPARASITOLOGY [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016 Species of the genus Leishmania (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) are causative agents of leishmaniasis, a complex disease with variable clinical spectrum and epidemiological diversity, constituting, in some countries, a serious public health problem ...
Shênia Patrícia Corrêa NOVO +3 more
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021 Paleoparasitology is a discipline of bioarchaeology that studies human and animal parasites and their evolution through time. It is at the frontier between biological sciences and the humanities, and aims to provide valuable clues about the lifestyles of
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Paleoparasitology and the antiquity of human host-parasite relationships
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2000 Paleoparasitology may be developed as a new tool to parasite evolution studies. DNA sequences dated thousand years ago, recovered from archaeological material, means the possibility to study parasite-host relationship coevolution through time.
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Integrating paleoparasitological, paleogenetic, and archaeological data to understand the paleoecological scenario of pre-Columbian archaeological site Gruta do Gentio II, Brazil [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyPaleoparasitology and paleogenetics is the study parasites in ancient remains from latrines, mummified individuals, and coprolites, that is fossilized or desiccated feces.
Ludmila Gurjão +4 more
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Retrieving ascarid and taeniid eggs from the biological remains of a Neolithic dog from the late 9th millennium BC in Western Iran [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2017 BACKGROUND Paleoparasitology reveals the status of parasitic infections in humans and animals in ancient times based on parasitic particles found in biological remains from archaeological excavations.
Niloofar Paknezhad +8 more
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Paleoparasitological analysis of a 15th–16th c. CE latrine from the merchant quarter of Bruges, Belgium: Evidence for local and exotic parasite infections [PDF]
ParasitologyPaleoparasitological studies have made important contributions to our understanding of the past epidemiology of parasites, infection in past populations and lifestyle in the past.
Marissa L. Ledger +2 more
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Deciphering Diets and Lifestyles of Prehistoric Humans through Paleoparasitology: A Review [PDF]
Genes, 2023 Gary Toranzos +2 more
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