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| Title |
Calodium hepaticum (Nematoda: Capillariidae) in synanthropic rodents (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in Eastern Amazonia
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| Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1984-29612013000200046 |
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| Authors |
Vera Lúcia Coimbra Moreira, Elane Guerreiro Giese, Djane Clarys Baía da Silva, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo, Adriano Penha Furtado, Arnaldo Maldonado, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos |
| Abstract |
Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a trichurid nematode that parasitizes the hepatic parenchyma of rodents and other mammals. Infections in humans are rare, although they have been reported worldwide. A number of factors contribute to the distribution of this zoonosis, particularly the presence of dense populations of rodents associated with relatively poor urban environments, such as those found in parts of the northern Brazilian city of Belém in the eastern Amazon Basin. This study quantified Calodium infections in commensal synanthropic rodents in Belém. Rodents were captured in three neighborhoods characterized by poor public sanitation and the city's highest incidence of human leptospirosis. A total of 50 rodents were captured (26 Rattus rattus and 24 R. norvegicus), and 23 (10 R. rattus and 13 R. norvegicus) presented macroscopic lesions typical of C. hepaticum. Light microscopy of fresh samples and histological specimens permitted the identification of larvae and adult specimens containing numerous eggs with a double-striated shell and bipolar opercula with plugs. This is the first report of C. hepaticum in R. rattus and R. norvegicus from the Amazon Basin, and it shows a considerable risk of transmission to the local human population. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 41 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 21% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 14% |
| Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 19% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 19% |
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