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href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_genre_authority_local_ms%3AArticle%5C%20%5C/%5C%20Letter%5C%20to%5C%20editor">Article / Letter to editor</a> </dd> <dd class="abstract"> In the absence of written records, disease and parasite loads are often used as indicators of sanitation in past populations. Here, the authors adopt the novel approach of integrating the bioarchaeological analysis of cesspits in an area of medieval Leiden (the Netherlands) with historical property records to explore living conditions. Using light microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) they identify evidence of parasites associated with ineffective sanitation (whipworm, roundworm and the protozoan Giardia duodenalis)—at residences of all social levels—and the consumption of infected livestock and freshwater fish (Diphyllobothriidae, cf. Echinostoma sp., cf. Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium sp.).<br /> </dd> <dd class="topics"> <div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3ANetherlands">Netherlands</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3AMedieval">Medieval</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3APalaeoparasitology">Palaeoparasitology</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3AELISA">ELISA</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3ACesspits">Cesspits</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3ADiarrhoea">Diarrhoea</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3AEchinostoma">Echinostoma</a></div><div class="tag"><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_topic_ms%3AFish%5C%20tapeworm">Fish tapeworm</a></div> </dd> <dl title="All authors" class="mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms"> <dt>All authors</dt> <dd><a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms%3ARabinow%2C%5C%20S.">Rabinow, S.</a>; <a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms%3AWang%2C%5C%20T.">Wang, T.</a>; <a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms%3AOosten%2C%5C%20R.%5C%20van">Oosten, R. van</a>; <a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms%3AMeijer%2C%5C%20Y.">Meijer, Y.</a>; <a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_name_AuthorRole_namePart_custom_ms%3AMitchell%2C%5C%20P.D.">Mitchell, P.D.</a></dd> </dl> <dl title="Date" class="mods_originInfo_encoding_w3cdtf_keyDate_yes_dateIssued_ms"> <dt>Date</dt> <dd>2024-05-31</dd> </dl> <dl title="Journal" class="mods_relatedItem_host_titleInfo_title_ms"> <dt>Journal</dt> <dd> <a href="/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=mods_relatedItem_host_titleInfo_title_ms%3AAntiquity">Antiquity</a> </dd> </dl> <dl title="Volume" class="mods_relatedItem_host_part_detail_volume_number_ms"> <dt>Volume</dt> <dd>98</dd> </dl> <dl title="Issue" class="mods_relatedItem_host_part_detail_issue_number_ms"> <dt>Issue</dt> <dd>400</dd> </dl> <dl title="Pages" class="mods_relatedItem_host_part_extent_start_ms mods_relatedItem_host_part_extent_end_ms"> <dt>Pages</dt> <dd> 1006 - 1022 </dd> </dl> <dl title="DOI" class="mods_identifier_doi_ms"> <dt>DOI</dt> <dd> <a href="https://doi.org/doi:10.15184/aqy.2024.72" absolute="1" target="_blank">doi:10.15184/aqy.2024.72</a> </dd> </dl> <dl title="Link" class="mods_identifier_uri_ms"> <dt>Link</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/intestinal-parasite-infection-and-sanitation-in-medieval-leiden-the-low-countries/0BAEF8C8616457E42BF6C2C9AB8D05FF">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/intestinal-par...</a></dd> </dl> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div></div> <!-- /.section, /.dc-content --> </div> <!-- /.dc-centercontent --> </main> <!-- /#themain, /#main-wrapper --> <footer id="thefooter"><div class="dc-centercontent"> <div class="region region-footer"> <section class=""> <div id="block-block-3" class="block block-block"> <div class="content"> <p>©2020-2024 Leiden University<br /> A service provided by <a target="”_blank”" href="https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/">Leiden University Libraries</a></p> </div> </div> </section><section class=""> <div id="block-menu-menu-footer-menu" class="block block-menu"> <div class="content"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf"><a href="https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/about-us/contact" class="first leaf" target="_blank">Contact</a></li><li class="leaf"><a href="/about" class="leaf">About us</a></li><li class="leaf"><a href="/added-last-2-weeks" class="leaf">Recently Added</a></li><li class="leaf"><a href="https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/" class="leaf" target="_blank">Digital Collections</a></li><li class="last leaf"><a href="https://studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/" class="last leaf" target="_blank">Student Repository</a></li></ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div></footer> <!-- /.section, /#footer --> </div></div> <!-- /#page, /#page-wrapper --> </body> </html>