Detection of Parasite Eggs from Archaeological Excavations in the Republic of Korea

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 123-126

  Han, Eun Taek ^a   Guk, Sang Mee ^a   Kim, Jae Lip ^a   Jeong, Hoon Jin ^b   Kim, Soo Nam ^b   Chai, Jong Yil ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Found Preservation Cultur P   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Detection; Excavation; Helminth egg; Korea; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; EGG; EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SOUTH KOREA; TREMATODE; TRICHURIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL;

ASCARIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; HELMINTHS; KOREA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0041468719     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900018     Document Type: Article

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