The presence of Fasciola hepatica (Liver-fluke) in humans and cattle from a 4,500 Year old archaeological site in the Saale-Unstrut Valley, Germany. K Dittmar.BrasilMemóriasdoInstitutoOswaldoCruzSubmissãodemanuscritosSobreoperiódicoCorpoEditorialInstruçõesaosautoresContatoEspañolEnglishBrasilEspañolEnglishMemóriasdoInstitutoOswaldoCruzSubmissãodemanuscritosSobreoperiódicoCorpoEditorialInstruçõesaosautoresContatosumário«anterioratualseguinte»Texto(EN)Texto(Inglês)PDFDownloadPDF(Inglês)CompartilheCompartilheE-mailFacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedInRedditStambleUponCiteULikeMendeleySumárioCompartilheE-mailFacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedInRedditStambleUponCiteULikeMendeleyTexto(EN)Texto(Inglês)PDFDownloadPDF(Inglês)PaleoparasitologyintheOldandNewWorld•Mem.Inst.OswaldoCruz98(suppl1)•Jan 2003•https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762003000900021 copyThepresenceofFasciolahepatica(Liver-fluke)inhumansandcattlefroma4,500YearoldarchaeologicalsiteintheSaale-UnstrutValley,GermanyKDittmarWRTeegenAbouttheauthorsAbstractDuringanexcavationofasiteofthecordedwarecultureintheSaale-Unstrut-Valley(ca.3000BC)inGermany,asoilsamplefromthepelvisofahumanskeletonwasstudiedunderpalaeoparasitologicalaspects.EggsofthetrematodeFasciolahepaticaandofthenematodegenusCapillariawerefound.ThisisthefirstcaseofadirectassociationofaF.hepatica-infestationtobothaprehistorichumanskeletonanddomesticatedanimalremains.SheepandcattleboneswerepresentatthesamesiteandF.hepaticaeggswerefoundinbovinesamples.Thisstronglypointstowardanexistinginfectioncycle,involvinghumansasafinalhost.paleoparasitology;Fasciolahepatica;human;cattle;lateNeolithic;GermanyThepresenceofFasciolahepatica(Liver-fluke)inhumansandcattlefroma4,500YearoldarchaeologicalsiteintheSaale-UnstrutValley,GermanyKDittmarI;WRTeegenIIIDepartmentofZoology,BrighamYoungUniversity,Provo,Utah,USAIIInstituteofPrehistory,UniversityofLeipzig,Leipzig,GermanyAddresstocorrespondenceABSTRACTDuringanexcavationofasiteofthecordedwarecultureintheSaale-Unstrut-Valley(ca.3000BC)inGermany,