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Paleoparasitology and the antiquity of human host-parasite relationships

open access: yesMemorias 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.
Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
doaj   +1 more source

Dicrocoelium dendriticum found in a Bronze Age cemetery in western Iran in the pre-Persepolis period: The oldest Asian palaeofinding in the present human infection hottest spot region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dicrocoeliasis of animals and humans is caused by trematode species of the genus Dicrocoelium, mainly Dicrocoelium dendriticum in ruminants of the Holarctic region. D.
Hoseini, Ghasem.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Insights from paleomicrobiology into the indigenous peoples of pre-colonial America - a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This review investigates ancient infectious diseases in the Americas dated to the pre-colonial period and considers what these findings can tell us about the history of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Darling, MI, Donoghue, HD
core   +3 more sources

Mummification in Korea and China: Mawangdui, Song, Ming and Joseon Dynasty Mummies

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Over the decades, mummy studies have expanded to reconstruct a multifaceted knowledge about the ancient populations’ living conditions, pathologies, and possible cause of death in different spatiotemporal contexts. Mainly due to linguistic barriers, however, the international knowledge of East Asian mummies has remained sketchy until recently.
Dong Hoon Shin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropical diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Discutem-se os componentes biogeográfico e econômico das doenças tropicais, ou, em sentido mais amplo, das doenças definidas como negligenciadas pela OMS.
CAMARGO, Erney Plessmann
core   +4 more sources

First paleoparasitological study of an embalming rejects jar found in Saqqara, Egypt

open access: yesMemorias 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
doaj   +1 more source

Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of DNA extracted from Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus, 1771) eggs and its prospective application to paleoparasitological studies

open access: yesMemorias 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
doaj   +1 more source

Parasite remains in archaeological sites

open access: yesMemorias 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
doaj   +1 more source

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