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Parasites in rodent coprolites from the historical archaeological site Alero Mazquiarán, Chubut Province, Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine the parasitic remains that were found in rodent coprolites collected from the archaeological site Alero Mazquiarán (Chubut Province, 45º44'15"S, 70°25'9"W), which is assigned to the interface of the Araucanian and ...
Norma Haydée Sardella, Martín Horacio Fugassa   +1 more
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Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Paleoparasitological research has made important contributions to the understanding of parasite evolution and ecology. Although parasitic protozoa exhibit a worldwide distribution, recovering these organisms from an archaeological context is still ...
Liesbeth Frías, Daniela Leles, Adauto Araújo   +2 more
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Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) eggs in the Pleistocene site of Menez-Dregan, France (300,000-500,000 years before present)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
On the archaeological site of Menez-Dregan in Brittany, France, dated 300,000-500,000 years-old, paleoparasitological analysis of cave deposits led to the detection of well-preserved helminth eggs, which morphology and morphometry pointed to the ...
Françoise Bouchet, Adauto Araújo, Stephanie Harter, Sérgio Miranda Chaves, Antonio Nascimento Duarte, Jean Laurent Monnier, Luiz Fernando Ferreira   +6 more
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Paleoparasitological remains revealed by seven historic contexts from "Place d'Armes", Namur, Belgium

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
Human occupation for several centuries was recorded in the archaeological layers of "Place d'Armes", Namur, Belgium. Preventive archaeological excavations were carried out between 1996/1997 and seven historical strata were observed, from Gallo-Roman ...
Gino Chaves da Rocha, Stephanie Harter- Lailheugue, Matthieu Le Bailly, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Nicolau Maués da Serra-Freire, Françoise Bouchet   +6 more
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Paleoparasitology in Brazil

, 2002
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
Araújo, Adauto José Goncalves de, Gonçalves, Marcelo Luiz Carvalho, Silva, Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira da   +2 more
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The fossil tabanids (Diptera Tabanidae): when they began to appreciate warm blood and when they began transmit diseases?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
A discussion of the known fossil tabanids (Diptera Tabanidae) is presented based on fossil evidence. This includes the origin of the hemathophagy in the Brachycera, more specifically for tabanids.
Rafael Gioia Martins-Neto
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Opisthorchiasis in infant remains from the medieval Zeleniy Yar burial ground of XII-XIII centuries AD

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
We present a paleoparasitological analysis of the medieval Zeleniy Yar burial ground of the XII-XII centuries AD located in the northern part of Western Siberia.
Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko, Alexander Vasilevich Gusev, Sergey Nikolaevich Ivanov, Evgenia Olegovna Svyatova   +3 more
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Lutz's spontaneous sedimentation technique and the paleoparasitological analysis of sambaqui (shell mound) sediments

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Parasite findings in sambaquis (shell mounds) are scarce. Although the 121 shell mound samples were previously analysed in our laboratory, we only recently obtained the first positive results.
Morgana Camacho, Thaíla Pessanha, Daniela Leles, Juliana MF Dutra, Rosângela Silva, Sheila Mendonça de Souza, Adauto Araujo   +6 more
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Paleoparasitology: Perspectives with New Techniques [PDF]

, 2008
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 ...
Iñighez, Alena, Reinhard, Karl, Pirmez, Claude, Ferreira, Luiz Fernando, Costa, Ligia C., Vicente, Ana Carolina, Araújo, Adauto, Bastos, Otilio M., Morel, Carlos M.   +8 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

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, Luciana Sianto, Marcia Chame, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Adauto Araújo   +4 more
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