The State of the Art of Paleoparasitological Research in the Old World

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...

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Published in:	Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 98; no. suppl 1; pp. 95 - 101
Main Authors:	Bouchet, Françoise, Harter, Stéphanie, Le Bailly, Matthieu
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 01-01-2003 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Subjects:	Animals Archaeology coprolites Host-Parasite Interactions Humans mummies nemathelminthes Nematoda - classification Old World paleoparasitology paleoparasitology - coprolites - mummies - platyhelminthes - nemathelminthes - Old World Paleopathology Parasite Egg Count PARASITOLOGY platyhelminthes Platyhelminths - classification TROPICAL MEDICINE nemathelminthes paleoparasitology Old World platyhelminthes coprolites mummies
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Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1
ISSN:	1678-8060 0074-0276 0074-0276 1678-8060
DOI:	10.1590/S0074-02762003000900015