title: On the Roman god Verminus.
abstract: An inscription from the II century BC, dedicated to the Roman god Verminus and considered to be due to the rising threat of human worm infections, is studied from linguistic and historical points of view. Having analyzed the historical sources we have reached the conclusion that the erection of the shrine was not related to the human helminthosis but to the epidemic infectuous disease which affected both animal and humans.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia animal/Sanidad animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Leon, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordero-del-Campillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000266:history*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012384:Rome