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Pathogenic helminths in the past: Much ado about nothing

2017-08-11

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Despite a long tradition on the extent to which Romanisation has improved human health, some recent studies suggest that Romanisation in general, and Roman sanitation in particular, may not have made people any healthier, given that in Roman times gastrointestinal parasites were apparently widespread, whilst in the present day such parasites rarely cause diseases. Unfortunately, this novel claim neglects the empir...

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Literature Corpus work: 6b272eef-2448-568b-abb0-ddcc7d546f0c
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11752.3

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