Enterobius vermicularis: Ancient DNA from North and South American Human Coprolites

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 67-69

  Iñiguez, Alena M ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^b   Araújo, Adauto ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Coprolites; Enterobius vermicularis

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 5S;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; ANIMAL; CHILE; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS;

ANIMALS; CHILE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FOSSILS; HUMANS; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042971570     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900013     Document Type: Article

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