Paleoparasitology: Perspectives with new techniques

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 371-376

  Araújo, Adauto ^a   Reinhard, Karl ^c   Bastos, Otílio M ^b   Costa, Ligia C ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^a   Iñiguez, Alena ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina ^a   Morel, Carlos M ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoparasitology; Coprolites; Mummies; Paleoparasitology; Paleopathology; Parasites in archaeological material

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; FECES; FORECASTING; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA; FECES; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUMMIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032199804     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000600006     Document Type: Review

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