ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS - 10,000-YEAR-OLD HUMAN INFECTION

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FRY, GF
MOORE, JG
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10.1126/science.166.3913.1620
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Eggs of Enterobius vermicularis (human pinworm) were found in human coprolites from Hogup and Danger Caves, western Utah. The caves were inhabitated by man from 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1400. The oldest coprolite containing E. vermicularis was radiocarbon dated at 7837 B.C. This represents the eacrliest known association between man and this exclusively human parasite.
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