Parasitism in Kansas in the 1800s: a glimpse to the past through the analysis of grave sediments from Meadowlark cemetery

During the excavations of the XIX century Meadowlark cemetery (Manhattan, Kansas, US), samples of sediments were taken from around five skeletons, and analyzed to detect intestinal parasites. No helminth eggs were found, but immunological ELISA tests for Entamoeba histolytica were positive in three...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Matthieu Le Bailly, Marcelo LC Gonçalves, Christine Lefèvre, Donna C Roper, Jeremy W Pye, Adauto Araujo, Françoise Bouchet
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-12-01
Subjects:	paleoparasitology ancient diseases paleoepidemiology protozoal infection amoebiasis
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006001000009

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