Inca Expansion and Parasitism in the Lluta Valley: Preliminary Data

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 161-163

  Santoro, Calogero ^a   Dorsey Vinton, Sheila ^b   Reinhard, Karl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoparasitology; Chile; Disease; Inca

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; CESTODIASIS; FECES; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CHILE; FECES; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

EID: 0346250028     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900024     Document Type: Article

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