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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 95, No. s1, 2000, pp. 89-93
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Bioline Code: oc00164
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 95, No. s1, 2000, pp. 89-93
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Paleoparasitology and the Antiquity of Human Host-parasite Relationships
Adauto Arajo & Luiz Fernando Ferreira
Abstract
Paleoparasitology may be developed as a new tool to parasite evolution studies. DNA sequences dated thousand years ago, recovered from archaeological material, means the possibility to study parasite-host relationship coevolution through time. Together with tracing parasite-host dispersion throughout the continents, paleoparasitology points to the interesting field of evolution at the molecular level. In this paper a brief history of paleoparasitology is traced, pointing to the new perspectives opened by the recent techniques introduced.
Keywords
paleoparasitology, coprolites, mummies, parasitism, infectious diseases
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