Oldest Ever Schistosomiasis Egg Found may be First Proof of Early Human Technology Exacerbating Disease Burden

In a 6200-year-old grave at a prehistoric town by the Euphrates river in Syria, the discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg may be the first evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the Middle East contributed to disease burden. This is according to new Correspondence published in emThe Lancet Infectious Diseases/em. Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by several species of flatworm parasites that live in the blood vessels of the bladder and intestines. ...

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