title: Probable hepatic capillariosis and hydatidosis in an adolescent from the late Roman period buried in Amiens (France).
abstract: Two calcified objects recovered from a 3rd to 4th-century grave of an adolescent in Amiens (Northern France) were identified as probable hydatid cysts. By using thin-section petrographic techniques, probable Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) eggs were identified in the wall of the cysts. Human hepatic capillariosis has not been reported from archaeological material so far, but could be expected given the poor level of environmental hygiene prevalent in this period. Identification of tissue-dwelling parasites such as C. hepaticum in archaeological remains is particularly dependent on preservation conditions and taphonomic changes and should be interpreted with caution due to morphological similarities with Trichuris sp. eggs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran - Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mowlavi
authors.affiliation: PACEA, UMR 5199, Anthropologie des Populations Passées et Présentes, Université de Bordeaux, Bâtiment B8, Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, CS 50023, 33615 Pessac Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Sacha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kacki
authors.affiliation: Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, 27 Faubourg St Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dupouy-Camet
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran.
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mobedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 6446, Tehran 14155, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahsasadat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makki
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 76169-14111, Iran.
authors.forename: Majid Fasihi
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Harandi
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 69 Pasteur Avenue, Tehran 13169-43551, Iran.
authors.forename: Saied Reza
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Naddaf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001031:Apatites / Q000032:analysis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000266:history / Q000469:parasitology; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000032:analysis; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000266:history* / Q000469:parasitology; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000266:history* / Q000469:parasitology; D005602:France; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D010164:Paleopathology; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D010087:Oxides; D002119:Calcium Carbonate