Diphyllobothriasis of the Chiribaya culture (700-1476 AD) of southern Peru

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-171

  Holiday, Dan M ^a   Guillen, Sonia ^b   Richardson, Dennis J ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Bioanthropology Foundation Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chiribaya; Coprolite; Diphyllobothrium; Paleoparasitology; Peru

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; NEMATODA;

EID: 0041699966     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4096     Document Type: Article

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