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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.595

Discovery of Eurytrema Eggs in Sediment from a Colonial Period Latrine in Taiwan

Yeh, Hui-Yuan (School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University)
Cheng, Chieh-fu Jeff (Department of Archaeology, Boston University)
Huang, ChingJung (Institute of Archaeology, National Cheng Kung University)
Zhan, Xiaoya (School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University)
Wong, Weng Kin (School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University)
Mitchell, Piers D. (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, The Henry Wellcome Building)

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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.57, no.6, 2019 , pp. 595-599 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this study we take a closer look at the diseases that afflicted Japanese police officers who were stationed in a remote mountainous region of Taiwan from 1921 to 1944. Samples were taken from the latrine at the Huabanuo police outpost, and analyzed for the eggs of intestinal parasites, using microscopy and ELISA. The eggs of Eurytrema sp., (possibly E. pancreaticum), whipworm and roundworm were shown to be present. True infection with Eurytrema would indicate that the policemen ate uncooked grasshoppers and crickets infected with the parasite. However, false parasitism might also occur if the policemen ate the uncooked intestines of infected cattle, and the Eurytrema eggs passed through the human intestines. These findings provide an insight into the diet and health of the Japanese colonists in Taiwan nearly a century ago.

Keywords

Eurytrema; colonial period latrine; Batongguan Trail; Taiwan;

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