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Discovery of Taeniid Eggs from A 17th Century Tomb in Korea

  • Lee, Hye-Jung (Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Hoon (Department of Anatomy, and Institute of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • Received : 2011.03.20
  • Accepted : 2011.04.29
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Even though Taenia spp. eggs are occasionally discovered from archeological remains around the world, these eggs have never been discovered in ancient samples from Korea. When we attempted to re-examine the archeological samples maintained in our collection, the eggs of Taenia spp., 5 in total number, were recovered from a tomb of Gongju-si. The eggs had radially striated embryophore, and $37.5-40.0\;{\mu}m{\times}37.5\;{\mu}m$ in size. This is the first report on taeniid eggs from ancient samples of Korea, and it is suggested that intensive examination of voluminous archeological samples should be needed for identification of Taenia spp.

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