Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan
In this study we take a closer look at the diseases that afflicted Japanese police officers who were stationed in a remote mountainous region of Taiwan from 1921 to 1944. Samples were taken from the latrine at the Huabanuo police outpost, and analyzed for the eggs of intestinal parasites, using micr...
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| author | Yeh, Hui-Yuan Cheng, Jeff Chieh-fu Huang, Ching Jung Zhan, Xiaoya Wong, Weng Kin Mitchell, Piers D. |
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| description | In this study we take a closer look at the diseases that afflicted Japanese police officers who were stationed in a remote mountainous region of Taiwan from 1921 to 1944. Samples were taken from the latrine at the Huabanuo police outpost, and analyzed for the eggs of intestinal parasites, using microscopy and ELISA. The eggs of Eurytrema sp., (possibly E. pancreaticum), whipworm and roundworm were shown to be present. True infection with Eurytrema would indicate that the policemen ate uncooked grasshoppers and crickets infected with the parasite. However, false parasitism might also occur if the policemen ate the uncooked intestines of infected cattle, and the Eurytrema eggs passed through the human intestines. These findings provide an insight into the diet and health of the Japanese colonists in Taiwan nearly a century ago. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1450092023-03-11T20:06:12Z Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan Yeh, Hui-Yuan Cheng, Jeff Chieh-fu Huang, Ching Jung Zhan, Xiaoya Wong, Weng Kin Mitchell, Piers D. School of Humanities Humanities::General Eurytrema Colonial Period Latrine In this study we take a closer look at the diseases that afflicted Japanese police officers who were stationed in a remote mountainous region of Taiwan from 1921 to 1944. Samples were taken from the latrine at the Huabanuo police outpost, and analyzed for the eggs of intestinal parasites, using microscopy and ELISA. The eggs of Eurytrema sp., (possibly E. pancreaticum), whipworm and roundworm were shown to be present. True infection with Eurytrema would indicate that the policemen ate uncooked grasshoppers and crickets infected with the parasite. However, false parasitism might also occur if the policemen ate the uncooked intestines of infected cattle, and the Eurytrema eggs passed through the human intestines. These findings provide an insight into the diet and health of the Japanese colonists in Taiwan nearly a century ago. Published version 2020-12-08T07:20:08Z 2020-12-08T07:20:08Z 2019 Journal Article Yeh, H-Y., Cheng, J. C., Huang, C. J., Zhan, X., Wong, W. K., & Mitchell, P. D. (2019). Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan. The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 57(6), 595-599. doi:10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.595 0023-4001 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145009 10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.595 31914510 6 57 595 599 en The Korean Journal of Parasitology © 2019 Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::General Eurytrema Colonial Period Latrine Yeh, Hui-Yuan Cheng, Jeff Chieh-fu Huang, Ching Jung Zhan, Xiaoya Wong, Weng Kin Mitchell, Piers D. Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title | Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title_full | Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title_short | Discovery of Eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in Taiwan |
| title_sort | discovery of eurytrema eggs in sediment from a colonial period latrine in taiwan |
| topic | Humanities::General Eurytrema Colonial Period Latrine |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145009 |
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