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A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France

A paleoparasitological study was carried out on 2 lead coffins recovered from the Roman site of Jaunay-Clan (near Poitiers, France). For the first time, this particular type of burial gave positive parasitological results, and eggs of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura were identified in 1 individual....

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Autores principales: Dufour, Benjamin, Segard, Maxence, Le Bailly, Matthieu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.625