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KMID : 0425120160540050617
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2016 Volume.54 No. 5 p.617 ~ p.623
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Traditional Living Habits of the Taz Tundra Population: A Paleoparasitological Study
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Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko
Sergey Nikolaevich Ivanov
Bagashev Anatoly Nikolaevich
Tsybankov Alexander Alekseevich
Slavinsky Vyacheslav Sergeyevich
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Abstract
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An excavation of the Vesakoyakha II?IV and Nyamboyto I burial grounds was conducted during the 2014 field season, and soil samples from intact burials dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively, were analyzed to determine interactions between parasites and host/vectors. Considering the discovery of Diphyllobothrium sp. and Taenia sp. eggs in soil samples from the pelvic region, diphyllobothriasis was the most frequent helminthic infection among the Taz Nenets. The Nyamboyto Nenets mainly consumed uncooked fish, while the Vesakoyakha Nenets had a bigger variety in food choices, including reindeer meat. Nenets children were given raw fish from early childhood. The paleoparasitological results corroborate rare ethnographic records about the consumption of uncooked reindeer cerebrum which led to beef tapeworm helminthiases. This is the first parasitological report of helminthic diseases among the Taz Nenets, and, as such, it provides insight into their subsistence activities and food patterns and broadens our understanding of their health condition.
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KEYWORD
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Taenia saginata, Diphyllobothrium latum, Western Siberia, paleoparasitology, health status, dietary habit, Nenets, food pattern, subsistence activity
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