title: Finding ancient parasite larvae in a sample from a male living in late 17th century Korea.
abstract: Parasitological examination of samples from tombs of the Korean Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) could be helpful to researchers in understanding parasitic infection prevalence in pre-industrial Korean society. Whereas most of our previous parasitological studies revealed the presence of ancient parasite eggs in coprolites of Korean mummies, a sample from a man living in late 17th century Korea proved to be relatively unique in possessing what appeared to be several species of parasite larvae. The larvae identified included Strongyloides stercoralis and Trichostrongylus spp., along with eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and Paragonimus westermani. Since ancient parasite larvae retain enough morphology to make proper species identification possible, even after long burial times, the examination of parasite larvae within ancient samples will be conducted more carefully in our future work.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, South Korea.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Bok
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D007814:Larva / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies / Q000469:parasitology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000145:classification; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000266:history*; D014253:Trichostrongylosis / Q000266:history*; D014254:Trichostrongylus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification