Paleoparasitologia no Brasil

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Marcelo L. C. Gonçalves¹  Adauto Araújo¹  Luiz Fernando Ferreira¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Departamento de Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Rio de Janeiro RJ

关键词: Paleoparasitology;    Coprolites;    Ancient feces;    Mummies;    Ancient diseases;    Paleoparasitologia;    Coprólitos;    Fezes antigas;    Múmias;    Doenças no passado;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232002000100018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We review the beggining of paleoparasitology and its development in Brazil. The search of parasites in ancient human remains can throw light on such questions as origin and antiquity of parasite-host relationship, general distribution of parasites through time and prehistoric human migrations. The study of parasite DNA sequences found in mummified tissues and coprolites can be an important source of information for phylogenetic and host-parasite coevolution. The nucleic acid based techniques (molecular paleoparasitology) open a new perspective to evolution at a molecular level.

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