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 ...
Adauto Araujo +4 more
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Paleoparasitology of Chagas disease: a review [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 One hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection, growing attention has focused on understanding the evolution in parasite-human host interaction.
Adauto Araújo +3 more
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Paleoparasitological Studies on Mummies of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea [PDF]
Korean J Parasitol, 2014 Paleoparasitology is the application of conventional or molecular investigative techniques to archeological samples in order to reveal parasitic infection patterns among past populations.
Araújo, Adauto +4 more
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Quantitative paleoparasitology applied to archaeological sediments [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 Three techniques to extract parasite remains from archaeological sediments were tested. The aim was to improve the sensibility of recommended paleoparasitological techniques applied in archaeological remains.
Martín H Fugassa +2 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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Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993 Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil.
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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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Parasitism in Kansas in the 1800s: a glimpse to the past through the analysis of grave sediments from Meadowlark cemetery [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 During the excavations of the XIX century Meadowlark cemetery (Manhattan, Kansas, US), samples of sediments were taken from around five skeletons, and analyzed to detect intestinal parasites. No helminth eggs were found, but immunological ELISA tests for
Matthieu Le Bailly +6 more
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Syphacia sp. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) in coprolites of Kerodon rupestris Wied, 1820 (Rodentia: Caviidae) from 5,300 years BP in northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 We present the results of paleoparasitological analyses in coprolites of Kerodon rupestris, rodent endemic to rocky areas of Brazil's semiarid region. The coprolites were collected from excavations at the archaeological site of Toca dos Coqueiros, in the
Mônica Vieira de Souza +4 more
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