The finding of helminth eggs in a Brazilian mummy.
Coprolites were collected with the aid of a rectosigmoidoscope from a naturally mummified body of a child. The body dates from 3.490 +/- 120 to 430 +/- 70 BP and was found in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The coprolites were rehydrated with a trisodium phosphate solution and concentrated by the spontaneous sedimentation method. Microscopical examination showed eggs the same shape and size as those of Trichuris trichiura and of an ancylostomid.
D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009106:Mummies; D010063:Ovum; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification