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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.2.211

Confusing a Pollen Grain with a Parasite Egg: Infection or Traditional Medicine?  

Mowlavi, Gholamreza (Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
Paknezhad, Niloofar (Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
Dupouy-Camet, Jean (Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)
Hugot, Jean Pierre (Museum National d'Histoire naturelle)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.58, no.2, 2020 , pp. 211-212 More about this Journal
Abstract
Camacho & Reinhard stated in the December 2019 issue of the KJP (57: 621-625) that we confused a pollen grain with an Enterobius egg found in the grave of a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran 7,000 years ago". We want here to clarify and answer to the outlined points in their article.
Keywords
Enterobius egg; palynology; pollen; pinworm; archaeology;
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