Korean J Parasitol.
2019 Dec;57(6):607-612. 10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.607.
Comparison of Helminth Infection among the Native Populations of the Arctic and Subarctic Areas in Western Siberia Throughout History: Parasitological Researches on Contemporary and the Archaeological Resources
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- 1Tyumen Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 86 Malygina Street, Tyumen, 625003, Russian Federation. s_slepchenko@list.ru
- 2Surgut State University, 1 Lenin Avenue, Surgut, 628408, Russian Federation.
- 3Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Pushkinskaya St, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russian Federation.
- 4Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 11 Mokhovaya street, Moscow, 119992, Russian Federation.
- 5Laboratory of Bioanthropology, Paleopathology and History of Diseases, Institute of Forensic Science/Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.
- KMID: 2469992
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.607
Abstract
- The aim of this parasitological study is examining contemporary (the late 20th century) specimens of the arctic or subarctic areas in Western Siberia and comparing them with the information acquired from archaeological samples from the same area. In the contemporary specimens, we observed the parasite eggs of 3 different species: Opisthochis felineus, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Enterobius vermicularis. Meanwhile, in archaeoparasitological results of Vesakoyakha, Kikki-Akki, and Nyamboyto I burial grounds, the eggs of Diphyllobothrium and Taenia spp. were found while no nematode (soil-transmitted) eggs were observed in the same samples. In this study, we concluded helminth infection pattern among the arctic and subarctic peoples of Western Siberia throughout history as follows: the raw fish-eating tradition did not undergo radical change in the area at least since the 18th century; and A. lumbricoides or E. vermicularis did not infect the inhabitants of this area before 20th century. With respect to the Western Siberia, we caught glimpse of the parasite infection pattern prevalent therein via investigations on contemporary and archaeoparasitological specimens.
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