Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data

Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil. However, present day local rodents seem not to be infected by the parasite, suggesting its disappearence due to climatic change...

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Main Authors: Adauto Araujo, Adriana Rangel, Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1993-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000400014
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author Adauto Araujo
Adriana Rangel
Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira
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description Trichuris eggs were observed in Kerodon rupestris coprolites dated 9,000 years before present, collected in archeological sites of São Raimundo Nonato, northeastern Brazil. However, present day local rodents seem not to be infected by the parasite, suggesting its disappearence due to climatic changes.
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spellingShingle Adauto Araujo
Adriana Rangel
Luiz Fernando Rocha Ferreira
Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Trichuris
paleoparasitology
coprolites
paleobiology
parasite ecology
title Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
title_full Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
title_fullStr Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
title_full_unstemmed Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
title_short Climatic change in northeastern Brazil: paleoparasitological data
title_sort climatic change in northeastern brazil paleoparasitological data
topic Trichuris
paleoparasitology
coprolites
paleobiology
parasite ecology
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