Paknazhad Niloofar, Mowlavi Gholamreza, Dupouy Camet Jean, Jelodar Mohammad Esmaeili, Mobedi Iraj, Makki Mahsasadat, Kia Eshrat Beigom, Rezaeian Mostafa, Mohebali Mehdi, Sarlak Siamak, Najafi Faezeh
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.
Parasit Vectors. 2016 Jan 22;9:33. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1322-y.
The Molavi street archeological site south of Tehran accidentally provided a unique opportunity for paleoparasitological studies in Iran. A female skeleton was unearthed and evaluated to be 7000 years old. Soil samples were collected around the pelvic and sacrum bones.
Careful microscopic investigation of rehydrated soil samples revealed the presence of one Enterobius vermicularis egg attached to the skeleton sacral region.
The present finding likely represents the oldest evidence of a human pinworm infection in Asia.
德黑兰以南的莫拉维街考古遗址意外地为伊朗的古寄生虫学研究提供了一个独特的机会。出土了一具女性骨架,经评估有7000年历史。在骨盆和骶骨周围采集了土壤样本。
对复水后的土壤样本进行仔细的显微镜检查,发现骶骨区域的骨架上附着有一枚蠕形住肠线虫卵。
目前的发现可能是亚洲人类感染蛲虫的最古老证据。