Confusing a Pollen Grain with a Parasite Egg: an Appraisal of "Paleoparasitological Evidence of Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis) Infection in a Female Adolescent Residing in Ancient Tehran"

There is often the risk of confusing pollen grains with helminth eggs from archaeological sites. Thousands to millions of pollen grains can be recovered from archaeological burial sediments that represent past ritual, medication and environment. Some pollen grain types can be similar to parasite egg...

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Published inKorean journal of parasitology Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 621 - 625
Main Authors Camacho, Morgana, Reinhard, Karl J
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2019
Subjects
palynology
pinworm
pollen
archaeology
Enterobius egg
Ephedra
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Summary:There is often the risk of confusing pollen grains with helminth eggs from archaeological sites. Thousands to millions of pollen grains can be recovered from archaeological burial sediments that represent past ritual, medication and environment. Some pollen grain types can be similar to parasite eggs. Such a confusion is represented by the diagnosis of enterobiasis in ancient Iran. The authors of this study confused a joint-pine (Ephedra spp.) pollen grain with a pinworm egg. This paper describes the specific Ephedra pollen morphology that can be confused with pinworm eggs.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201911161038140
ISSN:0023-4001
1738-0006