Probable hepatic capillariosis and hydatidosis in an adolescent from the late Roman period buried in Amiens (France)
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....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2014-01-01
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Series: | Parasite |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014010 |