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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.4.489

Paleoparasitological Surveys for Detection of Helminth Eggs in Archaeological Sites of Jeolla-do and Jeju-do  

Kim, Myeong-Ju (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
Shin, Dong Hoon (Bioanthropology and Paleopathology Lab, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Song, Mi-Jin (Jeonnam Cultural Property Research Center)
Song, Hye-Young (Jeonnam Cultural Property Research Center)
Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.51, no.4, 2013 , pp. 489-492 More about this Journal
Abstract
A paleoparasitological survey to detect helminth eggs was performed in archaeological sites of Jeolla-do and Jeju-do, the Republic of Korea. Total 593 soil samples were collected in 12 sites of Jeolla-do and 5 sites of Jeju-do from April to November 2011, and examined by the methods of Pike and coworkers. A total of 4 helminth eggs, 2 eggs each for Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris sp., were found in soil samples from 1 site, in Hyangyang-ri, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do. The egg-recovery layer was presumed to represent a 19th century farm, which fact suggested the use of human manures. This is the third archaeological discovery of parasite eggs in Jeolla-do. Additionally, no helminth eggs in archaeological sites of Jeju-do is an interesting problem to be solved in the further investigations.
Keywords
Ascaris; Trichuris trichiura; paleoparasitology; Jeolla-do; Jeju-do;
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