Author | Fernandes, Alexandre | |
Author | Iñiguez, Alena M. | |
Author | Lima, Valdirene S. | |
Author | Souza, Sheila M. F. Mendonça de | |
Author | Ferreira, Luiz Fernando | |
Author | Vicente, Ana Carolina P. | |
Author | Jansen, Ana Maria | |
Access date | 2019-04-16T18:01:17Z | |
Available date | 2019-04-16T18:01:17Z | |
Document date | 2008 | |
Citation | FERNANDES, Alexandre et al. Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 103, n. 5, p. 514-516, Aug. 2008. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32538 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | |
Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma cruzi I | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Múmias brasileiras | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | DNA Antigo | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Megacolo | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Minas Gerais | pt_BR |
Title | Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500021 | pt_BR |
Abstract | We evaluated the presence and distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in a mummy presenting with megacolon
that was dated as approximately 560 ± 40 years old. The mummy was from the Peruaçu Valley in the state of Minas
Gerais, Brazil. All samples were positive for T. cruzi minicircle DNA, demonstrating the presence and broad dissemination of the parasite in this body. From one sample, a mini-exon gene fragment was recovered and characterized by sequencing and was found to belong to the T. cruzi I genotype. This finding suggests that T. cruzi I infected
humans during the pre-Columbian times and that, in addition to T. cruzi infection, Chagas disease in Brazil most
likely preceded European colonization. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microorganismos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microorganismos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia de Tripanosomatídeos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Paleoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microorganismos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microorganismos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazilian mummy | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Ancient DNA | pt_BR |
Subject | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
Subject | Megacolon | pt_BR |
DeCS | Megacolo | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |