Dicrocoelium dendriticum found in a Bronze Age cemetery in western Iran in the pre-Persepolis period: The oldest Asian palaeofinding in the present human infection hottest spot region

Mowlavi, Gholamreza; Mokhtarian, Kobra; Makki, Mahsa Sadat; Mobedi, Iraj; Masoumian, Mohammad; Naseri, Reza; Hoseini, Ghasem; Nekouei, Parisa; Mas‐Coma, Santiago

doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.02.007

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“…Although the prevalence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans appears to be higher in the Near East than other regions across the globe [36], it is unlikely that the egg found is indicative of genuine human infection. Due to the low number of eggs found, it is more likely that someone using the cesspit had eaten the raw or undercooked liver of an infected farm animal, with the eggs passing harmlessly though their intestines.…”

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Intestinal Parasites in an Ottoman Period Latrine from Acre (Israel) Dating to the Early 1800s CE

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The aim of this study is to determine the species of parasites that affected the inhabitants of the city of Acre on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean during the Ottoman Period. This is the first archaeological study of parasites in the Ottoman Empire. We analysed sediment from a latrine dating to the early 1800s for the presence of helminth eggs and protozoan parasites which caused dysentery. The samples were examined using light microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. We found evidence for roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), fish tapeworm (Dibothriocephalus sp.), Taenia tapeworm (Taenia sp.), lancet liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum), and the protozoa Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica. The parasite taxa recovered demonstrate the breadth of species present in this coastal city. We consider the effect of Ottoman Period diet, culture, trade and sanitation upon risk of parasitism in this community living 200 years ago.

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Intestinal Parasites in an Ottoman Period Latrine from Acre (Israel) Dating to the Early 1800s CE

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“…Some parts of the world, such as the Americas and western European countries, have been well studied for decades. Other regions, such as Asia, northeastern Africa (in particular Egypt and Sudan), and the Middle East, are more recently studied and have been a source of data regularly for the last 10 years (15,(96)(97)(98). However, for other areas in the world, information concerning ancient parasites is almost entirely lacking.…”

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Past Intestinal Parasites

Bailly

Araújo

2016

Microbiol Spectr

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“…Recent archeological excavations in Iran have revealed few parasite eggs, e.g., only 1 D. dendriticum egg in the burial soil of a human grave of Bronze Age in Yasuj [20] and an Enterobius vermicularis egg from a human female skeleton dated back to 5,000 BC [21]. In Chehrabad salt-mine in northwestern Iran, dating back to around 500 BC (Achaemenid Period) to 500 AD (Sassanid Era), more helminth eggs were recovered and successfully identified.…”

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“…The presence of dicrocoeliasis may support this climatological conclusion. The eggs of D. dendriticum have been previously recovered from humans or animal paleofeces in other parts of the world, including Iran [20,24]. The above mentioned taeniid eggs in sheep coprolite with compatible size and outer layer striation is assumed as transitional eggs which might have been ingested while grazing.…”

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First Paleoparasitological Report on the Animal Feces of Bronze Age Excavated from Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran

Makki

Dupouy‐Camet²,

Sajjadi³

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Korean J Parasitol

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Shahr-e Sukhteh (meaning burnt city in Persian) in Iran is an archeological site dated back to around 3,200-1,800 BC. It is located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province of Iran and known as the junction of Bronze Age trade routes crossing the Iranian plateau. It was appointed as current study area for paleoparasitological investigations. Excavations at this site have revealed various archeological materials since 1967. In the present study, sheep and carnivore coprolites excavated from this site were analyzed by means of rehydration technique using TSP solution for finding helminth eggs. Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Capillaria sp., and Taenia sp. eggs were identified, while some other objects similar to Anoplocephalidae and Toxocara spp. eggs were also retrieved from the samples but their measured parameters did not match those of these species. The present paper illustrates the first paleoparasitological findings of Bronze Age in eastern Iran supporting the economic activities, peopling, and communication as well as the appropriate condition for zoonotic helminthiasis life cycle in Shahr-e Sukhteh archeological site.

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Dicrocoelium dendriticum found in a Bronze Age cemetery in western Iran in the pre-Persepolis period: The oldest Asian palaeofinding in the present human infection hottest spot region

Cited by 19 publications

References 22 publications

Intestinal Parasites in an Ottoman Period Latrine from Acre (Israel) Dating to the Early 1800s CE

Intestinal Parasites in an Ottoman Period Latrine from Acre (Israel) Dating to the Early 1800s CE

Past Intestinal Parasites

First Paleoparasitological Report on the Animal Feces of Bronze Age Excavated from Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran

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