Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia

Several foodborne diseases have been described in coastal populations from the past, many of them including parasitic infections related to marine diets. Considering this background, the strong relationship between hunter-gatherers from Patagonia and the marine species implies a possible source of p...

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Autores principales: Alarcos, Ana Julia, Suby, Jorge Alejandro
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Publicado: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2020
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HOLOCENE
HUNTER-GATHERERS
MARINE DIET
PALEOPATHOLOGY
PARASITES
SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/140390
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/140390
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Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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language Inglés
topic HOLOCENE
HUNTER-GATHERERS
MARINE DIET
PALEOPATHOLOGY
PARASITES
SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
spellingShingle HOLOCENE
HUNTER-GATHERERS
MARINE DIET
PALEOPATHOLOGY
PARASITES
SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
Alarcos, Ana Julia
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
topic_facet HOLOCENE
HUNTER-GATHERERS
MARINE DIET
PALEOPATHOLOGY
PARASITES
SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
description Several foodborne diseases have been described in coastal populations from the past, many of them including parasitic infections related to marine diets. Considering this background, the strong relationship between hunter-gatherers from Patagonia and the marine species implies a possible source of parasitic infections and zoonotic risk. However, marine parasitic species have not been identified in archaeological sites from Patagonia so far. The aim of this paper is to propose the potential parasitic infections produced by the consumption of marine molluscs, fishes, birds and sea mammals by human populations from Patagonia during the Holocene, considering the current parasitic species identified in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. We searched in journal articles and book chapters for references of archaeological remains of molluscs, fishes, seabirds and marine mammals recorded in archaeological sites from the Atlantic coast below the 42nd parallel South. Afterwards, we surveyed all the macroparasites of marine origin identified by current parasitological research in the same species found in the archaeological record. We found that most of the marine species in the zooarchaeological record of Patagonia are currently hosts of many parasites. Some species of molluscs, fishes and pinnipeds are highly infected by larvae that are potentially hazardous for human health. Some of them are responsible for acute or chronic zoonotic diseases, with severe consequences depending on how the food was cooked, the amount of consumed parasites and the immune response of the host, in this case, humans. Fishes are host of several parasites related to anisakidosis and corynosomiasis. Sea lions species were also a potential source of the same zoonosis but also diphyllobothriasis. Molluscs are hosts of several parasitic species, but with less severe consequences for human health. On the other hand, birds are infected by adult parasites, without direct zoonotic importance. These findings, although limited by temporal and environmental variability, can provide a speculative overview about the potential influence of marine diets in the health of past hunter-gatherers of Patagonia, particularly if fishes, molluscs or marine mammals were consumed inadequately cooked.
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title Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
title_short Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
title_full Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
title_fullStr Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Potential parasitic infections transmitted by seafood in ancient populations from Patagonia
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url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/140390
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