Alena M. Iñiguez

Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi   I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (2008)

Fernandes, Alexandre, Iñiguez, Alena M, Lima, Valdirene S, Ferreira, Luiz Fernando, Vicente, Ana Carolina P, ...

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...

Analysis of Ancient DNA from Coprolites: a Perspective with Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach (2003)

Alena M Iñiguez, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira

The aim of this work was to determine approaches that would improve the quality of ancient DNA (aDNA) present in coprolites to enhance the possibility of success in retrieving specific sequence...

Enterobius vermicularis   : Ancient DNA from North and South American Human Coprolites (2003)

Alena M Iñiguez, Karl J Reinhard, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira

A molecular paleoparasitological diagnostic approach was developed for Enterobius vermicularis   . Ancient DNA was extracted from 27 coprolites from archaeological sites in Chile and USA. Enzymatic...

Analysis of ancient DNA from coprolites: a perspective with random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction approach (2003)

Iñiguez,Alena M, Araújo,Adauto, Ferreira,Luiz Fernando, Vicente,Ana Carolina P

The aim of this work was to determine approaches that would improve the quality of ancient DNA (aDNA) present in coprolites to enhance the possibility of success in retrieving specific sequence...

Enterobius vermicularis: ancient DNA from north and south American human coprolites (2003)

Iñiguez,Alena M, Reinhard,Karl J, Araújo,Adauto, Ferreira,Luiz Fernando, Vicente,Ana Carolina P

A molecular paleoparasitological diagnostic approach was developed for Enterobius vermicularis. Ancient DNA was extracted from 27 coprolites from archaeological sites in Chile and USA. Enzymatic...