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Science 26 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3913, p. 1620
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3913.1620
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Enterobius vermicularis: 10,000-Year-Old Human Infection

Gary F. Fry 1 and John G. Moore 2

1 Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
2 Department of Medicinie, University of Utah

Eggs of Enterobius vermicularis (human pinworm) were found in hum coprolites from Hopug and Danger Caves, western Utah. The Caves were inhabitated by man from 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 1400. The oldest coprolite containing dated at 7837 B.C. This represents the earliest known association between man abd this exclusively human parasite.


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