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M Le Bailly1, U Leuzinger, F Bouchet
1Laboratoire de Paléoparasitologie, EA 3308, associé CNRS ESA 8045, Université de Reims, UFR de Pharmacie, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51 096 Reims, France. matthieu.lebailly@univ-reims.fr
The Journal of Parasitology
|November 25, 2003
Abstract:
Dioctophymidae eggs were found in human coprolites dated from 3,384 to 3,370 BC from the site Arbon-Bleiche 3, Switzerland. This is the first record of dioctophymiasis in archaeological material. The important percentage of this disease in the studied coprolites raises the question of a higher prevalence during the Neolithic than at present.
