Giardia duodenalis and dysentery in Iron Age Jerusalem (7th–6th century BCE)

The aim of this study was to determine if the protozoa that cause dysentery might have been present in Jerusalem, the capital of the Kingdom of Judah, during the Iron Age. Sediments from 2 latrines pertaining to this time period were obtained, 1 dating from the 7th century BCE and another from the 7...

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Main Authors: Piers D. Mitchell, Tianyi Wang, Ya'akov Billig, Yuval Gadot, Peter Warnock, Dafna Langgut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-07-01
Series:Parasitology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182023000410/type/journal_article