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Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb
The parasitic infection patterns of the Joseon period have begun to be revealed in a series of paleoparasitological studies. However, parasitism prevailing during or before the Three Kingdom period is still relatively unexplored. In the present study, we therefore conducted parasitological examinati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5777921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e53 |
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author | Seo, Min Oh, Chang Seok Hong, Jong Ha Chai, Jong-Yil Ju, Jin Og Shin, Dong Hoon |
author_facet | Seo, Min Oh, Chang Seok Hong, Jong Ha Chai, Jong-Yil Ju, Jin Og Shin, Dong Hoon |
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description | The parasitic infection patterns of the Joseon period have begun to be revealed in a series of paleoparasitological studies. However, parasitism prevailing during or before the Three Kingdom period is still relatively unexplored. In the present study, we therefore conducted parasitological examinations of soil and organic-material sediments precipitated upon human hipbone and sacrum discovered inside an ancient Mokgwakmyo tomb dating to the Silla Dynasty (57 BCE–660 CE). Within the samples, we discovered ancient Ascaris lumbricoides (eggs per gram [EPG], 46.6–48.3) and Trichuris trichiura (EPG, 32.8–62.1) eggs, the species commonly detected among Korean populations until just prior to the 1970s. These findings show that soil-transmitted parasitic infection among the Silla nobility might not have been uncommon. This is the first-ever report on the presence of ancient parasite eggs in the samples obtained from a Three Kingdom period tomb; and it also presents the earliest positive results for any of the ancient South Korean tombs paleoparasitologically examined to date. |
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spelling | pubmed-57779212018-02-05 Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb Seo, Min Oh, Chang Seok Hong, Jong Ha Chai, Jong-Yil Ju, Jin Og Shin, Dong Hoon J Korean Med Sci Case Report The parasitic infection patterns of the Joseon period have begun to be revealed in a series of paleoparasitological studies. However, parasitism prevailing during or before the Three Kingdom period is still relatively unexplored. In the present study, we therefore conducted parasitological examinations of soil and organic-material sediments precipitated upon human hipbone and sacrum discovered inside an ancient Mokgwakmyo tomb dating to the Silla Dynasty (57 BCE–660 CE). Within the samples, we discovered ancient Ascaris lumbricoides (eggs per gram [EPG], 46.6–48.3) and Trichuris trichiura (EPG, 32.8–62.1) eggs, the species commonly detected among Korean populations until just prior to the 1970s. These findings show that soil-transmitted parasitic infection among the Silla nobility might not have been uncommon. This is the first-ever report on the presence of ancient parasite eggs in the samples obtained from a Three Kingdom period tomb; and it also presents the earliest positive results for any of the ancient South Korean tombs paleoparasitologically examined to date. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2018-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5777921/ /pubmed/29349942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e53 Text en © 2018 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Seo, Min Oh, Chang Seok Hong, Jong Ha Chai, Jong-Yil Ju, Jin Og Shin, Dong Hoon Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title | Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title_full | Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title_fullStr | Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title_full_unstemmed | Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title_short | Ancient Soil-Transmitted Parasite Eggs Detected from the Sixth Century Three Kingdom Period Silla Tomb |
title_sort | ancient soil-transmitted parasite eggs detected from the sixth century three kingdom period silla tomb |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5777921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e53 |
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