Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data

Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil. However, present day local rodents seem not to be infected by the parasite, suggesting its disappearence due to climatic change...

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Main Authors: Adauto Araujo, Adriana Rangel, Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1993-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000400014