Author | Gonçalves, Marcelo Luiz Carvalho | |
Author | Araújo, Adauto José Goncalves de | |
Author | Silva, Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira da | |
Access date | 2018-02-05T18:28:22Z | |
Available date | 2018-02-05T18:28:22Z | |
Document date | 2003 | |
Citation | GONCALVES, Marcelo Luiz Carvalho; ARAUJO, Adauto; FERREIRA, Luiz Fernando. Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v.98, supl.1, p.103-118, 2003 | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/24719 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | COC/FIOCRUZ | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Paleoparasitologia | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Helmintos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Protozoários | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Múmias | pt_BR |
Title | Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900016 | |
Abstract | Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented. We also report the new paleoparasitologic findings from the examination performed in samples collected in New and Old World archaeological sites. New finds of ancylostomid, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichostrongylus spp., Diphyllobothrium latum, Hymenolepis nana and Acantocephalan eggs are reported. According to the findings, it is probable that A. lumbricoides was originally a human parasite. Human ancylostomids, A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura, found in the New World in pre-Columbian times, have not been introduced into the Americas by land via Beringia. These parasites could not supported the cold climate of the region. Nomadic prehistoric humans that have crossed the Bering Land Bridge from Asia to the Americas in the last glaciation, probably during generations, would have lost these parasites, which life cycles need warm temperatures in the soil to be transmitted from host to host. Alternative routes are discussed for human parasite introduction into the Americas. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Paleoparasitology | pt_BR |
Subject | Ancient Diseases | pt_BR |
Subject | Helminths | pt_BR |
Subject | Protozoa | pt_BR |
Subject | Coprolites | pt_BR |
Subject | Mummies | pt_BR |
DeCS | Helmintos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Parasitology | pt_BR |
DeCS | Mummies | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |