Parasites as probes for prehistoric human migrations?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 112-115

  Araujo, Adauto ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^b   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a   Gardner, Scott L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANTIQUITY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; NECATOR; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITOSIS; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; SOUTH AMERICA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PALEONTOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 39849095364     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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