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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 110, No. 8, 2015, pp. 974-980
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Bioline Code: oc15132
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 110, No. 8, 2015, pp. 974-980
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Opisthorchiasis in infant remains from the medieval Zeleniy Yar burial ground of XII-XIII centuries AD
Slepchenko, Sergey Mikhailovich; Gusev, Alexander Vasilevich; Ivanov, Sergey Nikolaevich & Svyatova, Evgenia Olegovna
Abstract
We present a paleoparasitological analysis of the medieval Zeleniy Yar burial ground of the XII-XII centuries
AD located in the northern part of Western Siberia. Parasite eggs, identified as eggs of Opisthorchis felineus, were
found in the samples from the pelvic area of a one year old infant buried at the site. Presence of these eggs in the soil
samples from the infant’s abdomen suggests that he/she was infected with opisthorchiasis and imply consumption
of undercooked fish. Ethnographic records collected among the population of the northern part of Western Siberia
reveal numerous cases of feeding raw fish to their children. Zeleniy Yar case of opisthorchiasis suggests that this
dietary custom has persisted from at least medieval times.
Keywords
Opisthorchis felineus; paleoparasitology; paleopathology; Western Siberia; Western Siberia; food processing
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