Gymnophalloides seoi eggs from the stool of a 17th century female mummy found in Hadong, Republic of Korea

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-472

  Seo, Min ^a   Dong, Hoon Shin ^a,b   Guk, Sang Mee ^a,b   Chang, Seok Oh ^a,c   Lee, Eun Joo ^a,d   Myung, Ho Shin ^a,e   Myeung, Ju Kim ^a,f   Soong, Deok Lee ^a,b   Kim, Yi Suk ^a,g   Yang, Su Yi ^a,b   Spigelman, Mark ^a,h,i   Chai, Jong Yil ^a,b,c  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Andong National University   (South Korea)

^e Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^f Gyeongju National Museum   (South Korea)

^g Gachon University   (South Korea)

^h Windeyer Institute   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; FLATWORM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOMINID; NEW RECORD;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYMNOPHALLOIDES SEOI; HUMAN; KOREA; METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; SEASHORE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; FECES; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KOREA; MUMMIES; OSTREIDAE; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HADONG; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KYONGSANG;

CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; GYMNOPHALLOIDES SEOI; METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI; TREMATODA;

EID: 43949103082     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1365.1     Document Type: Article

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