Diphyllobothrium: Neolithic Parasite?

Bailly, Matthieu Le; Leuzinger, Urs; Schlichtherle, Helmut; Bouchet, Françoise

doi:10.1645/ge-3456rn.1

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“…Eggs of the fish tapeworms Diphyllobothrium spp have been described in archaeological contexts in Peru, Chile, the US, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Israel (Le Bailly et al . ). Diphyllobothrium 's definitive hosts include humans, with fish serving as second intermediate hosts.…”

Section: Archaeo‐ and Paleoparasitologymentioning

confidence: 97%

Parasites lost: using natural history collections to track disease change across deep time

Harmon

Littlewood

Wood

2019

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Recent decades have brought countless outbreaks of infectious disease among wildlife. These events appear to be increasing in frequency and magnitude, but to objectively evaluate whether ecosystems are experiencing rising rates of disease, scientists require historical data on disease abundance. Specimens held in natural history collections represent a chronological archive of life on Earth and may, in many cases, be the only available source of data on historical disease patterns. It is possible to extract information on past disease rates by studying trace fossils (indirect fossilized evidence of an organism's presence or activity, including coprolites or feces), sequencing ancient DNA of parasites, and examining sediment samples, mummified remains, study skins (preserved animal skins prepared by taxidermy for research purposes), liquid‐preserved hosts, and hosts preserved in amber. Such use of natural history collections could expand scientific understanding of parasite responses to environmental change across deep time (that is, over the past several centuries), facilitating the development of baselines for managing contemporary wildlife disease.

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Section: Archaeo‐ and Paleoparasitologymentioning

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Parasites lost: using natural history collections to track disease change across deep time

Harmon

Littlewood

Wood

2019

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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“…Surprisingly, no fish parasites were found in the sample although it is likely that this population was exposed to this type of infection. Fish is an important source of protein in waterside settled populations and multiple paleoparasitological studies have reported infection of human population with fish parasites in Europe (Le Bailly et al 2005Bailly et al , 2007, America (Araújo et al 2011) andAsia (Han et al 2003;Matsui and Kanehara 2003;Seo et al 2008). The 9 absence of fish parasites may be related to food habits of this population since cooking of fish and seafood kills parasites that may be present.…”

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Evidence of contact between New and Old World: paleoparasitological and food remains study in the Tagus river population of Sarilhos Grandes (Montijo, Portugal)

Sianto

Chaves

Teixeira-Santos

et al. 2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The period of European maritime expansion that started in the 15 th century had a great impact on trading, on human migrations and consequently in the dispersion of infectious diseases. Portugal was at the core of this expansion, however studies about parasitic infections, especially helminths, are lacking. This study aims to help reduce this gap presenting the results of microscopic analysis of soil sediments collected from the São Jorge churchyard of Sarilhos Grandes (Montijo). Consecrated in the 14 th century AD, it remained as a burial ground until the 19 th century. Soil samples collected from the pelvic girdle of five adult individuals and samples taken as control were analysed under the microscope after current conventional methodological procedures were undertaken. Eggs from Ascaris lumbricoides were identified. Also eggs of trichostrongyle type species were identified in two individuals and may represent the first report in archaeological European samples. Food remains include potato and rice starches, muscle fibres, bivalves, pollen grains and fungi spores. The stratigraphy interpretation together with potato findings put the oldest skeletons to a chronology around the 16 th century AD. These results are consistent with historical sources that documented the prominence of Tagus River nearby villages in maritime expansion. 2

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“…Since the earliest paleoparasitological studies, Ascaris eggs have been found in archaeological samples, especially in Europe (Taylor 1955, Pike 1967, Greig 1981, Jones et al 1988, Bouchet 1991, 1993, 1995, Bouchet & Paicheler 1995, Bouchet et al 1996, 1998, Rousset et al 1996, Fernandes et al 2005, Le Bailly et al 2005. At archaeological sites of South America, Ascaris sp.…”

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Lutz's spontaneous sedimentation technique and the paleoparasitological analysis of sambaqui (shell mound) sediments

Camacho

Pessanha

Leles

et al. 2013

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Diphyllobothrium: Neolithic Parasite?

Cited by 41 publications

References 15 publications

Parasites lost: using natural history collections to track disease change across deep time

Parasites lost: using natural history collections to track disease change across deep time

Evidence of contact between New and Old World: paleoparasitological and food remains study in the Tagus river population of Sarilhos Grandes (Montijo, Portugal)

Lutz's spontaneous sedimentation technique and the paleoparasitological analysis of sambaqui (shell mound) sediments

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