Analysis of COI and ITS2 regions of DNA obtained from Paragonimus westermani eggs in ancient coprolites on Joseon dynasty mummies.

In this study, we found that ancient P. westermani sequences in Korea belong to Group I, adding invaluable information to the existing knowledge of Paragonimus paleogenetics.
PMID: 31116227 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - May 24, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hong JH, Oh CS, Seo M, Shin DH Tags: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Source Type: research