The state of the art of paleoparasitological research in the old world

Abstract

Paleoparasitology in the Old

Food, parasites, and epidemiological transitions: A broad perspective

“…Like the lancet liver fluke, F. hepatica is a parasite associated with animal domestication after the first paleoepidemiologic transition. For archaeological context, Bouchet et al (2003a) described parasite transmission, which they associate with watercress intake. Although able to infect humans, this parasite is primarily a parasite of herbivores, and it is always difficult to discriminate a human infection from an animal infection, especially when the eggs are found in archaeological sediments such as trash midden samples where animal feces may have been deposited.…”

Capillaria spp. eggs in Patagonian archaeological sites: statistical analysis of morphometric data

“…eggs have been recovered in human coprolites and latrine sediments from Old World archaeological sites (Bouchet et al 2003, Dittmar & Teejen 2003, Fernandes et al 2005). Human capillariosis is rarely found today, but in some places of the world it is a public health problem, such as in Philippines, where Capillaria philippinensis infection is endemic.…”

Paleopatoloji̇: Hastaliklara Arkeoloji̇k Yaklaşim

“…Numerous markers, geophysical and biological, can be analyzed for reconstructing past environments. It should be noted that if some specialized fields such as palynology or archeobotany, for instance, are quite well developed among paleoenvironmental sciences, other such as paleoparasitology are only defended by a very few number of specialists in the world (Bouchet et al 2003), in spite of its anteriority dating from the very emergence of paleopathology, as I mentioned above (Ruffer 1910). …”