Table 4 Whipworm egg per gram counts from various sites. The egg per gram data are converted to average output of a female whipworm of 14,000 eggs per day [74]
From: Recovering parasites from mummies and coprolites: an epidemiological approach
Site | EPG/worm(s) per gram | Year [Reference] |
|---|---|---|
Lloyds Bank Pavement, York | 66,000/4.7 | 1983 [59] |
Nivelles, Belgium | 51,630/3.7 | 2015 [34] |
Piraino, Sicily | 34,529/2.5 | 2010 [48] |
Inca, Arica, Chile | 5400/0.4 | 2003 [50] |
Chiribaya, Arica, Chile | 1800/0.1 | |
Vilnius, Lithuania | 4779/0.3 | 2014 [49] |
Chiribaya, Ilo, Peru | 2240/0.2 | 2003 [10] |
Chiribaya, Ilo, Peru | 435/0.03 | |
Zape Mexico | 1127/0.1 | 2012 [33] |
Mamluk Period cesspool | 162/0.01 | 2015 [55] |
Zweeloo, Netherlands | traces | 2013 [56] |