Differential change in the prevalence of the Ascaris, Trichuris and Clonorchis infection among past East Asian populations

• Main Authors: Zhan, Xiaoya, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Shin, Dong Hoon, Chai, Jong-Yil, Seo, Min, Mitchell, Piers D.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::General; Chinese Liver Fluke; History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145011
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As we learn more about parasites in ancient civilizations, data becomes available that can be used to see how infection may change over time. The aim of this study is to assess how common certain intestinal parasites were in China and Korea in the past 2000 years, and make comparisons with prevalenc...