You seem to have more of a handle on intestinal parasites and rational thinking in general than I can muster up right now. They specifically sampled the dirt t

You seem to have more of a handle on intestinal parasites and rational thinking in general than I can muster up right now. They specifically sampled the dirt that fell into the abdominal cavity of these monks. Wouldn't a potential variable be whether those eggs may have actually been in the dirt above the body that then fell rather than being in the intestines of the monks when they died? It could be that the soil they were buried under had a higher parasite egg load than the soil used to bury the non-monks elsewhere. I'll try to come back around and do some reading as far as what particular parasites the researchers identified and how they're transmitted/their life cycles when my brain fires up later today. If you've got the time and motivation to give me a head start though, it would be much appreciated.