The finding of helminth eggs in a Brazilian mummy.

Authors :: Ferreira LF
de Araújo AJ
Confalonieri UE
Source :: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 1983; Vol. 77 (1), pp. 65-7.
Publication Year :: 1983
Abstract: Coprolites were collected with the aid of a rectosigmoidoscope from a naturally mummified body of a child. The body dates from 3.490 +/- 120 to 430 +/- 70 BP and was found in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The coprolites were rehydrated with a trisodium phosphate solution and concentrated by the spontaneous sedimentation method. Microscopical examination showed eggs the same shape and size as those of Trichuris trichiura and of an ancylostomid.

Subjects :: Animals
Brazil
Child
Feces parasitology
Female
History, Ancient
Humans
Ovum
Ancylostoma isolation & purification
Mummies
Trichuris isolation & purification

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0035-9203
Volume :: 77
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 6344361
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(83)90017-2