Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

"Gholamreza Mowlavi"

Letter to the Editor

Confusing a Pollen Grain with a Parasite Egg: Infection or Traditional Medicine?: Gholamreza Mowlavi, Niloofar Paknezhad, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Jean Pierre Hugot; Korean J Parasitol 2020;58(2):211-212.
Published online April 30, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.2.211

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Camacho & Reinhard stated in the December 2019 issue of the KJP (57: 621-625) that we confused a pollen grain with an Enterobius egg found in the grave of a female adolescent residing in ancient Tehran 7,000 years ago. We want here to clarify and answer to the outlined points in their article.

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Paleoparasitology and archaeoparasitology in Iran: A retrospective in differential diagnosis
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Original Articles

First Paleoparasitological Report on the Animal Feces of Bronze Age Excavated from Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran: Mahsasadat Makki, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Seyed Mansour Seyed Sajjadi, Saied Reza Naddaf, Iraj Mobedi, Mostafa Rezaeian, Mehdi Mohebali, Gholamreza Mowlavi; Korean J Parasitol 2017;55(2):197-201.
Published online April 30, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.2.197

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Shahr-e Sukhteh (meaning burnt city in Persian) in Iran is an archeological site dated back to around 3,2001,800 BC. It is located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province of Iran and known as the junction of Bronze Age trade routes crossing the Iranian plateau. It was appointed as current study area for paleoparasitological investigations. Excavations at this site have revealed various archeological materials since 1967. In the present study, sheep and carnivore coprolites excavated from this site were analyzed by means of rehydration technique using TSP solution for finding helminth eggs. Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Capillaria sp., and Taenia sp. eggs were identified, while some other objects similar to Anoplocephalidae and Toxocara spp. eggs were also retrieved from the samples but their measured parameters did not match those of these species. The present paper illustrates the first paleoparasitological findings of Bronze Age in eastern Iran supporting the economic activities, peopling, and communication as well as the appropriate condition for zoonotic helminthiasis life cycle in Shahr-e Sukhteh archeological site.

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A Survey of Dung Beetles Infected with Larval Nematodes with Particular Note on Copris lunaris Beetles as a Vector for Gongylonema sp. in Iran: Gholamreza Mowlavi, Elmira Mikaeili, Iraj Mobedi, Eshratbeigom Kia, Lotfali Masoomi, Hassan Vatandoost; Korean J Parasitol 2009;47(1):13-17.
Published online March 12, 2009; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.1.13

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Dung beetles (family Scarabaeidae) are one of the largest families of beetles worldwide. Due to biological behavior of these arthropods, they are considered to play an important role in the life cycle of some helminths. In the present study, dung beetles collected from cattle pastures in rural areas of Ardabil province, north-west of Iran were examined for infection with larval stages of helminths. According to the results, nematodes of 2 genera were identified including Rhabditis and Gongylonema. The more common species was Rhabditis sp. which was found in 9 species of beetles. Out of 15 different species of dung beetles, Copris lunaris was the only scarabaeid to be found naturally infected with the larval stages of Gongylonema sp. Our new findings introduce C. lunaris as a potential biological vector for transmission of Gongylonema sp. to vertebrates in the surveyed region.

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