title: Paleoparasitological surveys for detection of helminth eggs in archaeological sites of Jeolla-do and Jeju-do.
abstract: A paleoparasitological survey to detect helminth eggs was performed in archaeological sites of Jeolla-do and Jeju-do, the Republic of Korea. Total 593 soil samples were collected in 12 sites of Jeolla-do and 5 sites of Jeju-do from April to November 2011, and examined by the methods of Pike and coworkers. A total of 4 helminth eggs, 2 eggs each for Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris sp., were found in soil samples from 1 site, in Hyangyang-ri, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do. The egg-recovery layer was presumed to represent a 19th century farm, which fact suggested the use of human manures. This is the third archaeological discovery of parasite eggs in Jeolla-do. Additionally, no helminth eggs in archaeological sites of Jeju-do is an interesting problem to be solved in the further investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
authors.forename: Myeong-Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Mi-Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hye-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D001200:Ascaris / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010063:Ovum / Q000145:classification; D010163:Paleontology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D010274:Parasitology / Q000266:history*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*; D014258:Trichuris / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: Ascaris; Jeju-do; Jeolla-do; Trichuris trichiura; paleoparasitology
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