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Thomy-Headed Worm Infection in North American Prehistoric Man
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Examination of ova and parasites from coprolites of probable human origin revealed eggs of the phylum Acanthocephala, and it is postulated that prehistoric man developed Acanthospora infection by ingesting the arthropod intermediate host.Abstract:
Examination of ova and parasites from coprolites of probable human origin revealed eggs of the phylum Acanthocephala. Specimens were gathered from Danger Cave in Utah, an area heavily populatd with definitive rodent hosts for the Acanthocephala species Moniliformis clarki. It is postulated that prehistoric man developed Acanthocephala infection by ingesting the arthropod intermediate host, or that he was a victim of false parasitism by ingesting the whole rodent.read more
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Enterobius vermicularis: 10,000-year-old human infection.
Gary F. Fry,John G. Moore +1 more
TL;DR: Eggs of Enterobius vermicularis (human pinworm) were found in hum coprolites from Hopug and Danger Caves, western Utah, which represents the earliest known association between man and this exclusively human parasite.
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Helminth remains from prehistoric Indian coprolites on the Colorado Plateau.
TL;DR: The study suggests that prehistoric hunter-gatherer peoples carried fewer helminth parasites than agriculturalists, and at 1 site, it appears that increasedHelminth parasitism preceded abandonment of the village.
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Food, parasites, and epidemiological transitions: A broad perspective.
Karl J. Reinhard,Luiz Fernando Ferreira,Françoise Bouchet,Luciana Sianto,Juliana M.F. Dutra,Alena Mayo Iñiguez,Daniela Leles,M. Le Bailly,Martín H. Fugassa,Elisa Pucu,Adauto Araújo +10 more
TL;DR: There is a demonstrable difference in the impact of the first paleoepidemiologic transition in the Americas compared to Europe, and the same transition in Europe resulted in increased zoonotic parasitism with parasites from domestic animals.
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A review of the evidence of human endoparasitism in the pre-Columbian new world through the study of coprolites
TL;DR: A review of helminth eggs encountered in precontact, human coprolites and palaeofaecal material from mummified human remains of the New World is presented.
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Acanthocephalan infections of man, with two new records.
TL;DR: The present paper reports the occurrence of two more palaeacanthocephalans in humans, both of which are known to have low host specificity but for ecological reasons are not likely to be ingested by humans.
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