Trichuris sp. from 1,040 +/- 50-year-old Cervidae coprolites from the archaeological site Furna do Estrago, Pernambuco, Brazil

We present results of the paleoparasitological analysis of Cervidae coprolites that were recovered from the archaeological site Furna do Estrago, Pernambuco, Brazil. Trichuris sp. eggs were recovered from the coprolite samples dated 1,040 ± 50 years before present. This is the first record of Trichu...

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Main Authors: Luciana Sianto, Antônio Nascimento Duarte, Marcia Chame, Juliana Magalhães, Mônica Vieira de Souza, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Adauto Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000200018&lng=en&tlng=en