Human enterobiasis in evolution: Origin, specificity and transmission

被引:51
作者
Hugot, JP
Reinhard, KJ
Gardner, SL
Morand, S
机构
[1] Museum Natl Hist Nat, Inst Biosyst, FR1541 CNRS, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[2] Univ Nebraska, Dept Anthropol, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
[3] Univ Nebraska, State Museum, HW Manter Lab Parasitol, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
[4] Univ Perpignan, UMR 5555 CNRS, Lab Biol Anim, Ctr Biol & Ecol Trop & Mediterraneenne, F-66860 Perpignan, France
关键词
Enterobius vermicularis; E; gregorii; primates; pinworm; oxyurid; coevolution; enterobiasis; habitation; prevalence; dust; coprolites; air-borne-contagion; air as a vector; archaeological material; parasites; helminths; archeoparasitology;
D O I
10.1051/parasite/1999063201
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The co-evolutionary pathway seems to be the most plausible hypothesis for the explanation of the origin of human pinworms. Of the two modes of transmission of oxyurids among humans which have been documented, the direct oral/anal route is also observed in other Primates and seems to have been favoured by selection. As indirect air-borne transmission has also been shown for human enterobiasis, the question of "How this alternative to the standard transmission method could have arisen" is examined. The results of comparative studies of prevalence of Enterobius in human coprolites, in villages of Neolithic age of the arid west of North America, show that a higher prevalence of pinworms is correlated with the lower total amount of air-exchange in caves relative to other structures. The air-borne route of transmission of pinworms among humans is interpreted as an innovation in the human/Enterobius pair. This mode of transfer could have been favoured during the time when humans changed their behaviour from a hunting-gathering to a more sedentary existence, initially associated with cove habitats.
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