Análisis paleoparasitológico de la musculatura esquelética de la Momia del Cerro El Plomo. Chile: Trichinella SP.

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dc.contributor.authorRodríguez, Héctor
dc.contributor.authorNoemí, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorCerva, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorEspinoza Navarro, Omar
dc.contributor.authorCastro, María Eugenia
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Mario
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-16T20:49:12Z
dc.date.available2016-12-16T20:49:12Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe Cerro El Plomo mummy is an Inca (1,500 AD) child of about 8,09 years old. The boy was found near the top of Cerro El Plomo, Santiago, in the year 1954 and is now under the care of the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile. In September 2003, as part of a larger study, we examined muscle tissue samples of this mummy. Samples were fixed in formal (pH 7.2) and processed by routine histological techniques, obtaining 5 mu m thick-sections that were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and processed for immunohistochemical analysis.. The histological examination revealed the presence of cystic structures with capsules. Through indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) with human hyperimmune serum to Trichinella sp. the presence of trichinosis was demonstrated. This conclusion was later confirmed by parasitologists with extensive experience in pediatric parasitology. Finally, although it is difficult to explain the presence of this parasite in our continent in pre-Columbian times, this finding is a real milestone in world paleoparasitology.
dc.identifier.citationChungara-Revista de Antropología Chilena, 2011, vol. 43, p. 581-588
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/902
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectTrichinosis
dc.subjectMummy
dc.subjectCerro El Plomo
dc.subjectTrichinellosis
dc.subjectTrichinella
dc.subjectPaleoparasitology
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectTriquinosis
dc.subjectMomia
dc.subjectPaleoparasitología
dc.subjectChile
dc.titleAnálisis paleoparasitológico de la musculatura esquelética de la Momia del Cerro El Plomo. Chile: Trichinella SP.
dc.title.alternativePaleoparasitological Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Tissue of the Cerro El Plomo Mummy from Chile: Trichinella SP.
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