title: Paleoparasitological Findings from Rodent Coprolites Dated At 500 CE Sassanid Era in Archeological Site of Chehrabad(Douzlakh), Salt Mine Northwestern Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this paper, paleoparasitological findings from rodent excrements obtained from Chehrabad Salt Mine archeological site located in northwest of Iran are demonstrated and discussed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chehrabad Salt Mine archeological site located in northwest of Iran, dated to the Achaemenid (mid 1(st) mill. BCE) and to Sassanid (3(rd) cent. - 7(th) cent. CE) period, is a unique study area to investigate parasites in the past millenniums in Iran. Rodent coprolites obtained from this archeological site were thoroughly analyzed for parasite eggs using TSP re-hydration technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Specimen analyzed were attributed to juvenile and adult rats based on their apparent morphology comparing with the modern dried pellets of Muridea family. Helminth eggs retrieved from two positive pellets were identified as Trichosomoides crassicauda, yphacia sp. and Trichuris sp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present paper discusses the first paleoparasitological findings of rodent gastrointestinal helminthes in Iran along with possible favorite items to rats in ancient Chehrabad Salt Mine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mowlavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahsasadat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makki
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mobedi
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil (Brazilian Shool of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation).
authors.forename: Adauto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.affiliation: Archaeological Museum of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aali
authors.affiliation: Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Bochum, Germany & German Mining Museum Bochum, Department Mining Archaeology, Bochum Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stollner
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezaeian
authors.affiliation: Ruhr Universität Bochum, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Bochum, Germany & German Mining Museum Bochum, Department Mining Archaeology, Bochum Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boenke
authors.affiliation: Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hassanpour
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tehran university,Tehran Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masoumian
keywords: Iran; Paleoparasitology; Rodent
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