Past Intestinal Parasites

Matthieu Le Bailly (1) , Adauto Araujo (2)

1 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)
2 ENSP - Escola Nacional de Saude Publica Sergio Arouca / Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health [Rio de Janeiro]

The study of ancient parasites, paleoparasitology, is an area of parasitology that evolved as a research field combining archaeology, anthropology, biology, and health sciences ( 1 ). It aims to detect parasite traces in ancient samples and to study parasitism evolution over time and space ( 2 ). This research field covers the study of parasites in humans and other animal remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites.

Domaines: Parasitologie

Matthieu Le Bailly, Adauto Araujo. Past Intestinal Parasites. Paleomicrobiology of Humans, 4 (4), pp.PoH-0013-2015, 2016, 9781555819170. ⟨10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0013-2015⟩. ⟨hal-01367294⟩