Negar Bizhani, Faezeh Najafi, Mohmmad Bagher Rokni, Abdol Motalleb Sharifi, Mohammad Fallah Kiapi, Niloofar Paknezhad, Sina Mohtasebi, Gholamreza Mowlavi, Domenico Otranto, Jean Dupouy-Camet
Paleoparasitological investigation in the archeological site of the Caspian Sea littoral revealed the presence of human Dioctophyma renale infection, a ubiquitous kidney-residing helminth of mammals, during the Parthian Empire of Iran (247 BC-224 AD). This study reports the oldest human infection with giant kidney worm in the Middle East, mainly in an area where the infection is reported nowadays. The paucity of records throughout the literature suggests that the same species of parasite occurred with low frequency in the past, as well...
November 22, 2022: Parasitology Research