The Presence of Fasciola hepatica (Liver-fluke) in Humans and Cattle from a 4,500 Year Old Archaeological Site in the Saale-Unstrut Valley, Germany

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 141-143

  Dittmar, K ^a   Teegen, W R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fasciola hepatica; Germany; Human; Late Neolithic; Paleoparasitology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOMESTICATION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GERMANY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAPILLARIA; CATTLE DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPILLARIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GERMANY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

EID: 0042470449     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900021     Document Type: Article

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