Paknezhad Niloofar, Mazdarani Farbod Haji, Hessari Morteza, Mobedi Iraj, Najafi Faezeh, Bizhani Negar, Makki Mahsasadat, Hassanpour Gholamreza, Mowlavi Gholamreza
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University, Pre-historic Archaeology, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2017 Sep;112(9):593-595. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760160420.
Paleoparasitology reveals the status of parasitic infections in humans and animals in ancient times based on parasitic particles found in biological remains from archaeological excavations. This line of research emerged in Iran in 2013.
The identification of parasites from Neolithic times is an attractive subject that shows the oldest origins of parasitic infections in a given geographical region. From an archaeological point of view, this archaeological site is well-known for animal domestication and agriculture in ancient Iran.
In this study, soil deposited on the surface and in the pores of a dog pelvic bone was carefully collected and rehydrated using trisodium phosphate solution.
The results showed ascarid and taeniid eggs retrieved from the biological remains of a dog excavated at the East Chia Sabz archaeological site, which dates back to the Neolithic period (8100 BC).
The current findings clearly illustrate the natural circulation of nematode and cestode parasites among dogs at that time. These ancient helminth eggs can also be used to track the oldest parasitic infections in the Iranian plateau and contribute to the paleoparasitological documentation of the Fertile Crescent.
古寄生虫学基于考古发掘的生物遗骸中发现的寄生虫颗粒，揭示古代人类和动物的寄生虫感染状况。这一研究领域于2013年在伊朗兴起。
鉴定新石器时代的寄生虫是一个引人关注的课题，它能展现特定地理区域内寄生虫感染的最古老起源。从考古学角度来看，这个考古遗址在古代伊朗以动物驯化和农业而闻名。
在本研究中，小心收集了沉积在狗骨盆骨表面和孔隙中的土壤，并用磷酸三钠溶液使其复水。
结果显示，从东恰亚萨布兹考古遗址发掘的一只狗的生物遗骸中发现了蛔虫和带绦虫卵，该遗址可追溯到新石器时代（公元前8100年）。
当前研究结果清楚地表明了当时线虫和绦虫寄生虫在狗之间的自然传播。这些古老的蠕虫卵还可用于追踪伊朗高原最古老的寄生虫感染情况，并有助于对新月沃地进行古寄生虫学记录。
