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- * This research marks the oldest documented case of human giant kidney worm infection in the Middle East, occurring in an area where such infections are still reported today.
- * The cemetery at Kiasar offered a rare chance to explore the historical prevalence of human and animal parasites during the Parthian Empire, suggesting that this parasite was less common in the past based on limited historical records.
Article Abstract
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. The cemetery in the archeological site of Kiasar represented a unique opportunity of studying human and animal parasites of the Parthian Empire in Iran.
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