Crab Louse Infestation in Pre-Columbian America

Rick, Fernanda; Rocha, Gino Chaves da; Dittmar, Katharina; Coimbra, Carlos E. A.; Reinhard, Karl J.; Bouchet, Françoise; Ferreira, Luiz Fernando; Araújo, Adauto

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1266:cliipc]2.0.co;2

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“…2 Pubic lice have also been described in mummies. 3 The scalp showed evidence of surface scale, possibly consistent with an eczematous etiology ( Fig. 3).…”

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Cutaneous findings in mummies from the British Museum

Leslie

Levell

2006

Int J Dermatology

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“…2 Pubic lice have also been described in mummies. 3 The scalp showed evidence of surface scale, possibly consistent with an eczematous etiology ( Fig. 3).…”

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“…Infestation with head lice has also been seen in South American mummies 1 and mummified royalty from Spain 2 . Pubic lice have also been described in mummies 3 …”

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Cutaneous findings in mummies from the British Museum

Leslie

Levell

2006

Int J Dermatology

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“…The dynamics of infestation and transmission of head and body louse in the past is very well documented in many publications on the issue 1,3,8,11,14,21,24 . Hair samples, hair attached to the skull, in the form of scalp or fragments found in urns, carry lice and nits that have not yet been dated in the timeline of man's presence in the Americas.…”

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PREHISTORICAL Pediculus humanus capitis INFESTATION: QUANTITATIVE DATA AND LOW VACUUM SCANNING MICROSCOPY

Dutra

Alves

Pessanha

et al. 2014

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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A pre-Columbian Peruvian scalp was examined decades ago by a researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Professor Olympio da Fonseca Filho described nits and adult lice attached to hair shafts and commented about the origin of head lice infestations on mankind. This same scalp was sent to our laboratory and is the subject of the present paper. Analysis showed a massive infestation with nine eggs/cm2 and an impressive number of very well preserved adult lice. The infestation age was roughly estimated as nine months before death based on the distance of nits from the hair root and the medium rate of hair growth. A small traditional textile was associated with the scalp, possibly part of the funerary belongings. Other morphological aspects visualized by low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy are also presented here for adults and nits.

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“…Specimens of this parasite were also found on the pubic hair of a mummy from Chiribaya Bajan (Peru), which was dated to 1050-800 B.C., and in the pleats of a piece of cloth associated with a female mummy (Rick et al 2002 78,88,89 skeleton,78,82,83,84 skin,77 smallpox,7,12,17 Spanish fl u,199,203,[205][206]78,83 spoligotyping,78,87,88 Pubic hair was present in four mummies, and eggs were found attached to the pubic hair in one adult male mummy.…”

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Paleomicrobiology

2008

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Crab Louse Infestation in Pre-Columbian America

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Cutaneous findings in mummies from the British Museum

Cutaneous findings in mummies from the British Museum

PREHISTORICAL Pediculus humanus capitis INFESTATION: QUANTITATIVE DATA AND LOW VACUUM SCANNING MICROSCOPY

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