Abstract
Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil. However, present day local rodents seem not to be infected by the parasite, suggesting its disappearence due to climatic changes.
Trichuris; paleoparasitology; coprolites; paleobiology; parasite ecology
Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
Adauto Araujo1
Adriana Rangel1
Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira1
FIOCRUZ, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil. However, present day local rodents seem not to be infected by the parasite, suggesting its disappearence due to climatic changes.
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Dec 1993