Chagas disease in prehistory

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Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Luiz F.
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Jansen,Ana M., Araújo,Adauto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Online)
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Resumo: The classical hypothesis proposes that Chagas disease has been originated in the Andean region among prehistoric people when they started domesticating animals, changing to sedentary habits, and adopting agriculture. These changes in their way of life happened nearly 6,000 years ago. However, paleoparasitological data based on molecular tools showed that Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease were commonly found both in South and North American prehistoric populations long before that time, suggesting that Chagas disease may be as old as the human presence in the American continent. The study of the origin and dispersion of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among prehistoric human populations may help in the comprehension of the clinical and epidemiological questions on Chagas disease that still remain unanswered.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Chagas disease in prehistory
title Chagas disease in prehistory
spellingShingle Chagas disease in prehistory
Ferreira,Luiz F.
ancient DNA
Chagas disease
mummies
paleoepideiology
paleoparasitology
Trypanosoma cruzi
title_short Chagas disease in prehistory
title_full Chagas disease in prehistory
title_fullStr Chagas disease in prehistory
title_full_unstemmed Chagas disease in prehistory
title_sort Chagas disease in prehistory
author Ferreira,Luiz F.
author_facet Ferreira,Luiz F.
Jansen,Ana M.
Araújo,Adauto
author_role author
author2 Jansen,Ana M.
Araújo,Adauto
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferreira,Luiz F.
Jansen,Ana M.
Araújo,Adauto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv ancient DNA
Chagas disease
mummies
paleoepideiology
paleoparasitology
Trypanosoma cruzi
topic ancient DNA
Chagas disease
mummies
paleoepideiology
paleoparasitology
Trypanosoma cruzi
description The classical hypothesis proposes that Chagas disease has been originated in the Andean region among prehistoric people when they started domesticating animals, changing to sedentary habits, and adopting agriculture. These changes in their way of life happened nearly 6,000 years ago. However, paleoparasitological data based on molecular tools showed that Trypanosoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease were commonly found both in South and North American prehistoric populations long before that time, suggesting that Chagas disease may be as old as the human presence in the American continent. The study of the origin and dispersion of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among prehistoric human populations may help in the comprehension of the clinical and epidemiological questions on Chagas disease that still remain unanswered.
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