Article
The finding of Enterobius vermicularis eggs in precolumbian human coprolites
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ARAUJO, Adauto José Gonçalves de et al. The finding of Enterobius vermicularis eggs in precolumbian human coprolites. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 80, n. 2, p. 1-3, 1985.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02761985000200003
1678-8060
Autor
Araújo, Adauto José Goncalves de
Silva, Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira da
Confalonieri, Ulisses Eugenio Cavalcanti
Nuñez, Lautaro
Ribeiro Filho, Benjamim Martins
Resumen
Afiliação conforme consta no artigo Enterobius vermicularis eggs were found in human coprolites collected in the archaeological site of Caserones, Tarapaca Valley, Chile, dating from 400 BC to 800 AD. The human pinworm had already been found in other pre-historic archaeological sites in America, and its introduction in this continent is discussed