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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 98, No. s1, 2003, pp. 95-101
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Bioline Code: oc03015
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 98, No. s1, 2003, pp. 95-101
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The State of the Art of Paleoparasitological Research in the Old World
Françoise Bouchet; Stéphanie Harter & Matthieu Le Bailly
Abstract
Paleoparasitology in the Old World has mainly
concerned the study of latrine sediments and coprolites collected from mummified
bodies or archaeological strata, mostly preserved by natural conditions. Human
parasites recovered include cestodes, trematodes, and nematodes. The well preserved
conditions of helminth eggs allowed paleoepidemiological approaches taking into
account the number of eggs found by archaeological stratum. Tentatively, sanitation
conditions were assessed for each archaeological period.
Keywords
paleoparasitology - coprolites - mummies - platyhelminthes - nemathelminthes - Old World
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