The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank at the Manchester Museum as a resource for the palaeoepidemiological study of schistosomiasis

Lambert-Zazulak, Patricia

doi:10.1080/0043824032000111399

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“…Egyptian mummies have been obser ved to harbour S. haematobium (Lambert-Zazulak, Rutherford & David, 2003). Foremost experimental observations of natural infection on broad surveys conducted in the Democratic republic of Congo, revealed the presence of S. mansoni in six genera of rodents (Schwetz, 1956), which serve as a potential route of zoonotic infection in humans, especially among low income earners and rural dwellers.…”

Section: Zoonotic Trematodes Of Wildlifementioning

confidence: 97%

Zoonotic Parasites of Wildlife in Africa: A Review

Odeniran

Ademola

2016

African Journal of Wildlife Research

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Section: Zoonotic Trematodes Of Wildlifementioning

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Zoonotic Parasites of Wildlife in Africa: A Review

Odeniran

Ademola

2016

African Journal of Wildlife Research

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“…Large‐scale databases of other kinds of osteological and archaeological data are also being developed. In the realm of Egyptology, these include the University of Manchester's Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Database, Manchester Museum's Egyptian Mummy Project's Tissue Bank, designed in the 1980's to bring together information on the diseases of ancient Egypt as demonstrated in its mummies (Lambert‐Zazulak, ); the Theban mapping project (TMP), a large‐scale database of information (maps, 3D reconstructions etc.) of the monuments of Thebes and its West Bank necropolis (http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/) and the Animal Mummy Database Project (http://www.animalmummies.net/).…”

Section: Current Challenges and Directions In Mummy Researchmentioning

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Impact: Development of a Radiological Mummy Database

Nelson

Wade

2015

The Anatomical Record

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The Internet Mummy Picture Archiving and Communication Technology (IMPACT) radiological and context database, is a large-scale, multiinstitutional, collaborative research project devoted to the digital preservation and scientific study of mummified remains, and the mummification traditions that produced them, using non-destructive medical imaging technologies. Owing to the importance of non-destructive analyses to the study of mummified human remains, the IMPACT database, website, and wiki provide a basis for anthropological and palaeopathological investigations, grounded in the most current technological imaging and communication standards, accessible through any internet connection, and protected against rapidly changing media standards. Composed of paired online radiographic and contextual databases, the IMPACT project is intended to provide researchers with large-scale primary data samples for anthropological and palaeopathological investigations. IMPACT addresses the limitations of the case-study approach to mummified human remains and contributes to the development of standards of practice in imaging of mummified remains. Furthermore, IMPACT allows researchers a greater appreciation of, and engagement with, patterns of health and disease in ancient times as well as the variability present in the mummification traditions of ancient Egypt and other cultures that sought to preserve their dead for eternity. Anat Rec, 298:941-948, 2015. V C 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Schistosomiasis has long been reported as a human parasitic disease in Africa: eggs of Schistosoma haematobium have been observed from mummies in Egypt, dating back to more than a millennium BCE (Lambert-Zazulak et al, 2003). Moreover, molecular evidence has suggested a similar length and geography for the evolution of Schistosoma in Africa to that of www.intechopen.com modern Homo sapiens, suggesting a very ancient association between humans and schistosomes (Despres et al, 1992).…”

Section: Historical Records Of Schistosoma Mansoni S Haematobium Anmentioning

confidence: 99%