Past Intestinal Parasites

Matthieu Le Bailly; Adauto Araújo†

doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0013-2015

Chapter 14 : Past Intestinal Parasites

Authors: Matthieu Le Bailly¹, Adauto Araújo†²

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Affiliations: 1: University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, CNRS UMR 6249 Chrono-environment, Besançon, France; 2: † deceased, Escola Nacional de Saude Publica Sergio Arouca, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The study of ancient parasites, paleoparasitology, is an area of parasitology that evolved as a research field combining archaeology, anthropology, biology, and health sciences ( 1 ). It aims to detect parasite traces in ancient samples and to study parasitism evolution over time and space ( 2 ). This research field covers the study of parasites in humans and other animal remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites.

Citation: Le Bailly M, Araújo† A. 2016. Past Intestinal Parasites, p 143-154. In Drancourt M, Raoult D (ed), Paleomicrobiology of Humans. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0013-2015

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Egg of the whipworm, Trichuris spp., with preserved polar plugs, recovered in the archaeological site of Torwiesen II, Germany (55 × 29 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)

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Egg of the whipworm, Trichuris spp., with preserved polar plugs, recovered in the archaeological site of Torwiesen II, Germany (55 × 29 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)

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Egg of the roundworm, Ascaris spp., recovered in a medieval archaeological site in Laon, France (70 × 45 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)

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Egg of the roundworm, Ascaris spp., recovered in a medieval archaeological site in Laon, France (70 × 45 µm). (Photo: M. Le Bailly.)

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Egg of the horse pinworm, Oxyuris equi, recovered in the archaeological site of Berel, Kazakhstan (81 × 40 µm). (Photo: B. Dufour.)

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Egg of the horse pinworm, Oxyuris equi, recovered in the archaeological site of Berel, Kazakhstan (81 × 40 µm). (Photo: B. Dufour.)

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