Gymnophalloides seoi eggs from the stool of a 17th century female mummy found in Hadong, Republic of Korea
Autor: | Yang Su Yi, Chang Seok Oh, Min Seo, Yi-Suk Kim, Myeung Ju Kim, Mark Spigelman, Myung Ho Shin, Dong Hoon Shin, Sang-Mee Guk, Chai Jy, Soong Deok Lee, Eun-Joo Lee |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
Předmět: |
Clonorchis sinensis
Korea Traditional medicine ved/biology ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Endemic area Zoology Metagonimus yokogawai Mummies Trematode Infections Biology biology.organism_classification Ostreidae History 17th Century Gymnophalloides seoi Feces parasitic diseases Human parasite Parasite hosting Animals Humans Parasitology Trematoda Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
Zdroj: | The Journal of parasitology. 94(2) |
ISSN: | 0022-3395 |
Popis: | It was previously reported that paleoparasitological clues for parasites infecting humans could be found in the feces of mummies of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in the Republic of Korea. Here, we report the presence of trematode eggs, including Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus yokogawai, and Gymnophalloides seoi (a human parasite known in Korea since 1993) in the feces of a recently excavated female mummy in Hadong, Republic of Korea. This is the first report of the discovery of a G. seoi infection in a human mummy. Since Hadong is currently not an endemic area for G. seoi, we speculate that the parasite might have occurred frequently along coastal areas of the Korean peninsula several hundred years ago and that the endemic areas contracted to, more or less, restricted regions since that time. |
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