The finding of helminth eggs in a Brazilian mummy
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 77 (1) , 65-67
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(83)90017-2
Abstract
Coprolites were collected with the aid of a rectosigmoidoscope from a naturally mummified body of a child. The body dates from 3.490 ± 120 to 430 ± 70 BP and was found in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The coprolites were rehydrated with a trisodium phosphate solution and concentrated by the spontaneous sedimentation method.Keywords
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