Paleoepidemiology of intestinal parasites and lice in pre-Columbian South America

Chungara

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Araújo, Adauto ^a   Reinhard, Karl ^b   Leles, Daniela ^a   Sianto, Luciana ^a   Iñiguez, Alena ^a   Fugassa, Martin ^c   Arriaza, Bernardo ^d   Orellana, Nancy ^d,e,f   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^e Universidad de la Cordillera   (Bolivia)

^f Museo Nacional de Etnografia y Folklore   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Ancient diseases; Coprolites; Infectious diseases; Mummies; Paleoparasitology; Parasite human evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055222202     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-73562011000200011     Document Type: Article

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