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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. Although pioneering studies already have reported key paleoparasitological findings around the world, the same sorts of studies had not, until very recently, been ...
Seo M +4 more
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First paleoparasitological study of an embalming rejects jar found in Saqqara, Egypt
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 For the first time, a jar of embalming rejects was studied in search for helminth parasite eggs. This kind of jar was used to put discarded material by Egyptian embalmers during mummification process.
Stéphanie Harter +3 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis was applied to DNAs extracted from Trichuris trichiura eggs recovered from human fecal samples. Four out of 6 primers tested displayed 18 distinct and well defined polymorphic patterns, ranging from 650 to 3200 ...
Elaine Machado Martinez +5 more
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Parasite remains in archaeological sites
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Organic remains can be found in many different environments. They are the most significant source for paleoparasitological studies as well as for other paleoecological reconstruction.
Françoise Bouchet +7 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010 We present the results of a paleoparasitologic, paleogenetic and paleobotanic analysis of coprolites recovered during the excavation of the church La Concepción in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Herminia Gijón Botella +6 more
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Oxiuríase e migrações pré-históricas Oxyuriasis and prehistoric migrations
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 1995 O encontro de parasitos em material arqueológico tem permitido o acompanhamento da dispersão de agentes infecciosos e seus hospedeiros humanos no passado.
Adauto Araújo, Luiz F. Ferreira
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by polymerase chain reaction in experimentally desiccated tissues
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004 Despite toxoplasmosis being a common infection among human and other warm-blooded animals worldwide, there are no findings about Toxoplasma gondii evolutionary forms in ancient populations.
Márcia Andreia Barge Loução Terra +6 more
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Eating lizards: a millenary habit evidenced by Paleoparasitology [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2012 Abstract Background Analyses of coprolites have contributed to the knowledge of diet as well as infectious diseases in ancient populations. Results of paleoparasitological studies showed that prehistoric groups were exposed to spurious and zoonotic parasites, especially food-related.
Sianto, Luciana +7 more
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Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented.
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves +2 more
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