Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy
While the presence of pinworm eggs in archaeological samples has been reported by many researchers in the New World, those have been detected very scarcely in the Old World, especially in East Asian countries. In fact, many parasite species were recovered from the archeological remains in Korea, egg...
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pubmed-32108552011-11-09 Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy Shin, Dong Hoon Oh, Chang Seok Chai, Jong-Yil Lee, Hye-Jung Seo, Min Brief Communication While the presence of pinworm eggs in archaeological samples has been reported by many researchers in the New World, those have been detected very scarcely in the Old World, especially in East Asian countries. In fact, many parasite species were recovered from the archeological remains in Korea, eggs of Enterobius vermicularis had not been found. Recently, a female mummy buried in the 17th century was discovered in the Joseon tomb from Dangjin-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. After rehydration process for 12 days, investigations were carried on the luminal surface of the colon. From them, 3 eggs of E. vermicularis were recovered. They were elliptical, transparent with a thin egg shell, 50.3±5.2 µm (length) and 28.2±3.9 µm (width) in size. This is the first discovery of E. vermicularis eggs in East Asia. The Korean Society for Parasitology 2011-09 2011-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3210855/ /pubmed/22072838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2011.49.3.323 Text en © 2011, Korean Society for Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy |
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Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy |
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Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy |
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Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy |
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Enterobius vermicularis Eggs Discovered in Coprolites from a Medieval Korean Mummy |
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enterobius vermicularis eggs discovered in coprolites from a medieval korean mummy |
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While the presence of pinworm eggs in archaeological samples has been reported by many researchers in the New World, those have been detected very scarcely in the Old World, especially in East Asian countries. In fact, many parasite species were recovered from the archeological remains in Korea, eggs of Enterobius vermicularis had not been found. Recently, a female mummy buried in the 17th century was discovered in the Joseon tomb from Dangjin-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. After rehydration process for 12 days, investigations were carried on the luminal surface of the colon. From them, 3 eggs of E. vermicularis were recovered. They were elliptical, transparent with a thin egg shell, 50.3±5.2 µm (length) and 28.2±3.9 µm (width) in size. This is the first discovery of E. vermicularis eggs in East Asia. |
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