Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago

BACKGROUND: The Molavi street archeological site south of Tehran accidentally provided a unique opportunity for paleoparasitological studies in Iran. A female skeleton was unearthed and evaluated to be 7000 years old. Soil samples were collected around the pelvic and sacrum bones. FINDINGS: Careful...

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Autores principales: Paknazhad, Niloofar, Mowlavi, Gholamreza, Dupouy Camet, Jean, Esmaeili Jelodar, Mohammad, Mobedi, Iraj, Makki, Mahsasadat, Kia, Eshrat Beigom, Rezaeian, Mostafa, Mohebali, Mehdi, Sarlak, Siamak, Najafi, Faezeh
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26797296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1322-y
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author Paknazhad, Niloofar
Mowlavi, Gholamreza
Dupouy Camet, Jean
Esmaeili Jelodar, Mohammad
Mobedi, Iraj
Makki, Mahsasadat
Kia, Eshrat Beigom
Rezaeian, Mostafa
Mohebali, Mehdi
Sarlak, Siamak
Najafi, Faezeh
author_facet Paknazhad, Niloofar
Mowlavi, Gholamreza
Dupouy Camet, Jean
Esmaeili Jelodar, Mohammad
Mobedi, Iraj
Makki, Mahsasadat
Kia, Eshrat Beigom
Rezaeian, Mostafa
Mohebali, Mehdi
Sarlak, Siamak
Najafi, Faezeh
author_sort Paknazhad, Niloofar
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: The Molavi street archeological site south of Tehran accidentally provided a unique opportunity for paleoparasitological studies in Iran. A female skeleton was unearthed and evaluated to be 7000 years old. Soil samples were collected around the pelvic and sacrum bones. FINDINGS: Careful microscopic investigation of rehydrated soil samples revealed the presence of one Enterobius vermicularis egg attached to the skeleton sacral region. CONCLUSION: The present finding likely represents the oldest evidence of a human pinworm infection in Asia.
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spelling pubmed-47227582016-01-23 Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago Paknazhad, Niloofar Mowlavi, Gholamreza Dupouy Camet, Jean Esmaeili Jelodar, Mohammad Mobedi, Iraj Makki, Mahsasadat Kia, Eshrat Beigom Rezaeian, Mostafa Mohebali, Mehdi Sarlak, Siamak Najafi, Faezeh Parasit Vectors Short Report BACKGROUND: The Molavi street archeological site south of Tehran accidentally provided a unique opportunity for paleoparasitological studies in Iran. A female skeleton was unearthed and evaluated to be 7000 years old. Soil samples were collected around the pelvic and sacrum bones. FINDINGS: Careful microscopic investigation of rehydrated soil samples revealed the presence of one Enterobius vermicularis egg attached to the skeleton sacral region. CONCLUSION: The present finding likely represents the oldest evidence of a human pinworm infection in Asia. BioMed Central 2016-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4722758/ /pubmed/26797296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1322-y Text en © Paknazhad et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Short Report
Paknazhad, Niloofar
Mowlavi, Gholamreza
Dupouy Camet, Jean
Esmaeili Jelodar, Mohammad
Mobedi, Iraj
Makki, Mahsasadat
Kia, Eshrat Beigom
Rezaeian, Mostafa
Mohebali, Mehdi
Sarlak, Siamak
Najafi, Faezeh
Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title_full Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title_fullStr Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title_full_unstemmed Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title_short Paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran (Iran) 7000 years ago
title_sort paleoparasitological evidence of pinworm (enterobius vermicularis) infection in a female adolescent residing in ancient tehran (iran) 7000 years ago
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26797296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1322-y
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