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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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Parasitism of Prehistoric Humans and Companion Animals from Antelope Cave, Mojave County, Northwest Arizona
Martín H. Fugassa,Karl J. Reinhard,Keith L. Johnson,Scott Lyell Gardner,Mônica Vieira,Adauto Araújo +5 more
TL;DR: Analysis of coprolites from Antelope Cave revealed additional parasitological data fromCoprolites of both human and canid origin, and found an acanthocephalan in association with Enterobius vermicularis eggs in the same coprolite, which shows that theCoprolite was deposited by a human.
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The Study of Parasites through Time: Archaeoparasitology and Paleoparasitology
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Human infection with Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser 1811) (Travassos 1915) in Iran: another case report after three decades.
TL;DR: Symptoms that may suggest small bowel disease or dysfunction were not significantly seen in this case, and the worm obtained from the child was identified as a female M. moniliformis, but how the child became infected is unknown.
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Paleoparasitological analysis of rodent coprolites in holocenic samples from Patagonia, Argentina.
TL;DR: The finding of Paraspidodera in Patagonian samples represents new evidence that strengthens the co-phylogenies between nematodes of this genus and Ctenomys and reinforces the value of parasites as tags in paleoparasitology.
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Reestablishing rigor in archaeological parasitology.
TL;DR: Without ancillary archaeological studies, paleoparasitology runs the risk of separation from archaeological context, thereby reducing its value to the archaeologists who recover samples for analysis.
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Vacuum Infiltration as a Method for Determining Enzymic Activity in Vivo
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