Table 1.

Summary of Chinese mummies with published parasite studies, adapted from Li (1984)

Location	Parasite	Sex	Age	Time period & dynasty	Social status	Reference
Jiangling, Hubei Province	Clonorchis sinensis, Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides	F	unknown	Warring States period	unknown	[16]
Changsha, Huibei Province	Schistosoma japonicum, T. trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis	F	50	Han Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Phoenix Hill, Huibei Province	S. japonicum, C. sinenisis, Taenia sp., T. trichiura	M	55	Han Dynasty	Wealthy	[15,16]
Jintan, Jiangsu Province	A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura	M	28–40	Song Dynasty	unknown	[16]
Hengyang, Hunan Province	C. sinensis	M	50	Song Dynasty	unknown	[16]
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province	A. lumbricoides	M	84	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province	T. trichiura, C. sinenisis, Fasciolopsis buski	F	80	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province	A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura	M	unknown	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province	A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura	F	60	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Fuqing, Fujian Province	C. sinenisis, F. buski, T. trichiura, A. lumbricoides	M	50	Ming Dynasty	unknown	[16]
Shaowu, Fujian Province	A. lumbricoides	M	41	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Longyan, Fujian Province	T. trichiura, A. lumbricoides	F	74	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]
Fuzhou, Fujian Province	C. sinenisis, T. trichiura	F	50–60	Ming Dynasty	Wealthy	[16]