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Marcia Chame
Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Publications - 54
Citations - 940
Marcia Chame is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Paleoparasitology & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 44 publications receiving 825 citations.
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Terrestrial mammal feces: a morphometric summary and description
TL;DR: This work presents the compilation list of fecal shape and measurements available in the literature published in North America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, and new data from Brazil, and concludes that shape and diameters are the best characteristics for taxonomic identification.
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Animal helminths in human archaeological remains: a review of zoonoses in the past
Luciana Sianto,Marcia Chame,Cassius Schnell Palhano Silva,Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Karl J. Reinhard,Martín H. Fugassa,Adauto Araújo +6 more
TL;DR: Various zoonoses known today have occurred since antiquity, and these data, combined with studies on the emergence and reemergence of diseases, could make possible to compose scenarios for the future.
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The Finding of Echinostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) and Hookworm Eggs in Coprolites Collected From a Brazilian Mummified Body Dated 600–1,200 Years Before Present
Luciana Sianto,Karl J. Reinhard,Marcia Chame,Sérgio Augusto de Miranda Chaves,Sergio C.F. Mendonça,Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves,Alexandre José Fernandes,Luiz Fernando Ferreira,Adauto Araújo +8 more
TL;DR: A partially mummified human body from the archeological site of Lapa do Boquete, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, was recently discovered andCoprolites from the body contained numerous helminth eggs, identified as those of Echinostoma sp.
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Hookworms and the peopling of America
TL;DR: This paper is a review of hookworm findings in archaeological material and suggests possible routes followed by their hosts to reach the New World.
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Animals in the Zika virus life cycle: what to expect from megadiverse Latin American countries
Marina Galvão Bueno,Nádia Martinez,Lívia Abdalla,Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos,Marcia Chame +4 more
TL;DR: The authors reviewed scientific articles and recent news stories on ZIKV in animals, showing that 47 animal species from three orders have been investigated for the potential to establish a sylvatic cycle.