The Paleoparasitology in Brazil and Findings in Human Remains from South America: A Review.
10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.573
- Author:
Shênia Patrícia Corrêa NOVO
1
;
Luiz Fernando FERREIRA
Author Information
1. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, ENSP, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, DCB, Laboratório de Paleoparasitologia Eduardo Marques, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. shenia@ensp.fiocruz.br
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Paleoparasitology;
paleoparasitology in Brazil;
South America;
human remains;
review
- MeSH:
Africa;
Animals;
Argentina;
Brazil*;
Chile;
Ecosystem;
Europe;
Humans*;
Parasites;
Peru;
South America*
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2016;54(5):573-583
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The review article presents some of the history of how paleoparasitology started in Brazil, making highlight the great responsible Dr. Luiz Fernando Ferreira and Dr. Adauto Araújo, the trajectory of paleoparasitology in Brazil since 1978 and its performance in science to the present day. In sequence, it is made a presentation of parasitological findings on human remains found in archaeological sites in South America, highlighting Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru, where major discoveries have occurred. Many of the parasites found in archaeological material and mentioned in this review went out of Africa with the peopling of Europe and from there they dispersed around the world, where climatic conditions allow the transmission. However, humans have acquired other parasites of animals, since humans invaded new habitats or creating new habits adopting new technologies, thus expanding its range of influence on the environment. Thus, this review article is finalized with information that explain the importance of these findings in the interaction between parasites, human host, and ambient.
