Publications

[two cases of hepatic helminthiasis in marmota monax with hepatitis virus(whv) infection].	autopsy of two woodchuck hepatitis virus (whv) infected woodchucks, marmota monax, revealed the presence of two parasites in an hepatic localization, taenia mustelae (larvae) and calodium hepaticum. the authors present the identification of the two parasites, based on the observation of cysticerci of taenia mustelae, or on the observation of the eggs of c. hepaticum. they discuss the probable interaction between hepatic parasites and whv infection.	1996	8758553
capillaria hepatica (calodium hepaticum) infection in a british dog.		2002	12403331
[calodium hepaticum (bancroft, 1893) moravec, 1982--capillaria with an atypical life cycle].	calodium hepaticum (bancroft, 1893)--commonly known as capillaria hepatica is a nematode parasitising in liver of rodents, some domestic and wild mammals: insectivora, carnivora, artiodactyla and primates including human as well. c. hepaticum is the only nematode--geohelminth, which for the continuity of the life cycle needs the death of the host being the intermediate and final host at the same time. the eggs of the parasite deposited by female worms in liver of the host became entrapped in fib ...	2003	16889021
hepatic calodium hepaticum (nematoda) infection in a zoo colony of black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus).	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica), a nematode parasite commonly found in the liver of wild rodents, infects a wide variety of mammals, including humans. a retrospective study of black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomys ludovicianus) at the baltimore zoo showed that 5 of 21 (24%) of the prairie dogs submitted for postmortem examination between 1981 and 2001 had hepatic capillariasis, with all the infections diagnosed during or after 1997. affected livers contained multifocal granulomas cont ...	2003	15077713
[biodiversity of capillariinae].	the subfamily capillariinae includes about 300 species of nematodes parasitizing all groups of vertebrates. taxonomy and systematics of this parasites have been changed many times because of a difficulty in designation of particular species' features. that's why there are a lot of synonyms in this group. nowadays most authors accept the systematics, of capillariinae according to moravec. biology and ecology of species parasitizing breeding birds and mammals is well known, however data relative t ...	2005	16841683
calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) in captive rodents in a zoological garden.	calodium hepaticum infection was diagnosed in the bristol zoo gardens in 13 captive rodents of four species that died or were humanely killed over a 40-month period. of these infected animals, nine were black-tailed prairie dogs (cynomus ludovicianus), representing 45% of the members of this species examined during the study. a wild rat (rattus norvegicus) found dead in an enclosure was also infected. to date few cases of c. hepaticum infection have been reported in the uk. the number of cases d ...	2005	15899489
fatal toxoplasmosis and concurrent calodium hepaticum infection in korean squirrels (tanias sibericus).	four korean squirrels (tanias siberius) imported in spain from people's republic of china died 2 days after their arrival at a pet shop. they had neurological signs associated with generalized toxoplasmosis involving brain, lungs, liver, and the heart. toxoplasma gondii-like tachyzoites and tissue cysts were found in organs of all four squirrels. the protozoa stained positively with t. gondii polyclonal antibodies and were ultrastructurally similar to t. gondii. calodium (capillaria) hepaticum i ...	2006	16406358
capillaria hepatica (syn calodium hepaticum) in primates in a zoological collection in the uk.		2008	19060319
factors explaining the abundance of rodents in the city of luang prabang, lao pdr, as revealed by field and household surveys.	a field and a household survey, the latter of which included inspections and interviews with the residents of a total of 1370 properties, were conducted in 2004 in 30 villages of the city of luang prabang, lao pdr, in order to assess the degree of rodent infestation and to identify potential factors influencing infestations. roof rats, rattus rattus, and the polynesian rat, rattus exulans, were the only rodents found in the city, and trapping results showed a clear dominance of roof rats (80-90% ...	2008	21396046
hepatic capillariasis in a cape ground squirrel (xerus inaurus).	we report, for the first time, an incidental finding of calodium hepaticum infestation in a sub-adult female cape ground squirrel (xerus inaurus). post mortem examination of the squirrel revealed severe haemoperitoneum, splenomegaly and hepatomegaly with miliary white spots distributed diffusely throughout the hepatic parenchyma. histologically the portal tracts in the liver showed granulomatous inflammation with fibrosis and numerous giant cells. occasional adult worms were identified and there ...	2009	20458874
pseudoparasitism by calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica; hepaticola hepatica) in the negro river, brazilian amazon.	we report the finding of eggs of calodium spp. (syn. capillaria spp.; hepaticola spp.) in a fecal sample from an old woman living in a riverine community in the negro river basin and describe the associated epidemiological investigation. the case probably does not represent true parasitism; the eggs, which were compatible with the species calodium hepaticum, were most likely ingested upon consumption of infected tapir (tapirus terrestris) liver, subsequently passing through the gut and being eli ...	2009	19477475
prevalence of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) in house mice (mus musculus) in the azores archipelago.	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a zoonotic liver nematode of mammals distributed worldwide. rodents are believed to be the main reservoirs of this nematode. in this paper, prevalence of the parasite was analyzed in liver histological sections from 51 house mice (mus musculus) caught in human-inhabited houses, from two localities (furnas and rabo de peixe) on são miguel island from the azores archipelago (portugal). mean prevalence of infection was 19.6%, with 33.3% prevalence in ...	2009	19135804
capillariaisis (trichurida, trichinellidae, capillaria hepatica) in the brazilian amazon: low pathogenicity, low infectivity and a novel mode of transmission.	abstract:	2010	20187941
extraintestinal helminths of the common vole (microtus arvalis) and the water vole (arvicola terrestris) in western austria (vorarlberg).	between september and december 2004, a total of 411 voles (318 common voles and 93 water voles) were caught in the austrian province of vorarlberg (lustenau, hohenems, and dornbirn) and were examined by macroscopy, microscopy, and molecular biological analysis to determine the presence and extent of medically important extraintestinal helminths. the following extraintestinal helminth species were detected: taenia taeniaeformis (liver), calodium hepaticum (liver), and echinococcus multilocularis ...	2010	20148339
capillaria hepatica in man-an overview of hepatic capillariosis and spurious infections.	capillaria hepatica (syn. for calodium hepaticum) is a zoonotic nematode parasitizing in the livers of rodents as main hosts and in numerous other mammals including humans. it is the causative agent of the rare conditions of hepatic capillariosis and spurious c. hepatica infections in humans. in this review, 163 reported cases of infestations with this parasite (72 reports of hepatic capillariosis, 13 serologically confirmed infestations and 78 observations of spurious infections) are summarized ...	2011	21717279
calodium hepaticum: household clustering transmission and the finding of a source of human spurious infection in a community of the amazon region.	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a worldwide helminth parasite of which several aspects of transmission still remain unclear. in the amazon region, the mechanism of transmission based on the ingestion of eggs present in the liver of wild mammals has been suggested as the cause of the spurious infections described. we performed an epidemiological investigation to determine the incidence, risk of spurious infection and the dynamics of transmission of c. hepaticum in a community of ...	2012	23285301
an overview of the host spectrum and distribution of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica): part 2-mammalia (excluding muroidea).	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a globally distributed zoonotic nematode with low host specificity and a high affinity to the liver. although murid rodents are the main definite hosts, various other mammals can be affected with hepatic capillariasis: non-murid rodents, insectivora, chiroptera, lagomorpha, artiodactyla, perissodactyla, hyracoidea, marsupialia, carnivora, and primates. overall, more than 180 mammalian species (including humans) are known as suitable hosts of this ...	2013	24257974
calodium hepaticum (nematoda: capillaridae) in a red fox (vulpes vulpes) in italy with scanning electron microscopy of the eggs.	calodium hepaticum (bancroft, 1893) moravec, 1982 (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a cosmopolitan capillariid nematode, infecting mainly rodents and occasionally other mammals, including humans. reports of c. hepaticum in canids are rare and the present one is, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case in a red fox (vulpes vulpes linnaeus) in italy. scanning electron microscopy (sem) examination of the eggs of c. hepaticum allowed a precise description of the egg morphology, which is on ...	2013	23724729
co-infections of the cestode echinococcus vogeli and the nematode calodium hepaticum in the hystricomorphic rodent agouti paca from a forest reserve in acre, brazil.	the helminth fauna of agouti paca (linnaeus, 1766) has seldom been studied. in this paper, we report an unusual mixed infection of echinococcus vogeli rausch & bernstein, 1972 and calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica bancroft, 1863) in free-ranging paca from a forested region in acre (brazil). gross morphological examination revealed that paca liver contained multiple spherical to subspherical white or translucent lesions, which were isolated or frequently contiguous and partially covere ...	2013	23072769
ribosomal and mitochondrial dna analysis of trichuridae nematodes of carnivores and small mammals.	several species of trichuridae nematodes can infect dogs, cats and wild mammals. the diagnosis of these infections relies on the microscopic identification of eggs which are characterized by a similar "lemon" shape and polar plugs in all trichuridae. thus, morphological diagnosis to species level is challenging. the use of biomolecular diagnostic methods is desirable but very little genetic data are known from trichuridae of carnivores and small mammals. the aim of this work was to genetically c ...	2013	23920054
calodium hepaticum (nematoda: capillariidae) in synanthropic rodents (rattus norvegicus and rattus rattus) in eastern amazonia.	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 stu ...	2013	23856730
probable hepatic capillariosis and hydatidosis in an adolescent from the late roman period buried in amiens (france).	two calcified objects recovered from a 3rd to 4th-century grave of an adolescent in amiens (northern france) were identified as probable hydatid cysts. by using thin-section petrographic techniques, probable calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) eggs were identified in the wall of the cysts. human hepatic capillariosis has not been reported from archaeological material so far, but could be expected given the poor level of environmental hygiene prevalent in this period. identification of ...	2014	24572211
prevalence of calodium hepaticum and cysticercus fasciolaris in urban rats and their histopathological reaction in the livers.	humans can get infected with several zoonotic diseases from being in close contact with rats. this study was aimed at determining the prevalence and histopathological changes caused by calodium hepaticum and cysticercus fasciolaris in infected livers of wild caught urban rats. of the 98 urban rats (rattus rattus diardii and rattus norvegicus) autopsied, 64.3% were infected; 44.9% were infected with caladium hepatica, 39.3% were infected with cysticercus fasciolaris, and 20.4% were infected with ...	2014	26464920
[liver capillariasis (calodium hepaticum) in rodents from ituri (drc) and dakar (senegal)].	human hepatic capillariosis due to calodium hepaticum is rarely described in africa, probably because of the lack of diagnosis tools. however, it is known that the animal reservoir is made up of rodents. during a study performed on 24 black rats (rattus rattus) trapped in rethy (congodr) and 20 gambian pouched rats (cricetomys gambianus) in dakar (senegal), macroscopic and histological hepatic lesions of capillariosis were found in 8 of these rodents (3 in rethy and 5 in dakar). these results le ...	2014	24363019
an overview of the host spectrum and distribution of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica): part 1-muroidea.	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a worldwide-distributed species of zoonotic nematodes with a high affinity to the liver. several rodent species of the superfamily muroidea serve as main hosts for this pathogen. c. hepaticum has been found in muroidean hosts in more than 60 countries in europe; north, central, and south america; asia; africa; and oceania. c. hepaticum was documented in more than 90 muroidean rodent species (murinae, deomyinae, arvicolinae, neotominae, cricetinae, ...	2014	24248632
capillaria hepatica in wild norway rats (rattus norvegicus) from vancouver, canada.	capillaria hepatica is a parasitic nematode that infects the liver of rats (rattus spp.), and occasionally other mammalian species, including humans. despite its broad geographic distribution and host range, the ecology of this parasite remains poorly understood. we characterized the ecology of c. hepatica in urban norway rats (rattus norvegicus) in vancouver, canada. the overall prevalence of c. hepatica among norway rats was 36% (241/671); however, there was significant variation in prevalence ...	2014	24807174
high occurrence of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) spurious infection in a village in the atlantic forest of southern brazil.	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a nematode of the capillariidae family that infects rodents and other mammals. in brazil, human spurious infections of c. hepaticum have been detected in indigenous or rural communities from the amazon basin, but not in the southern states of the country. here, we report the highest occurrence (13.5% of 37 residents) of c. hepaticum human spurious infection detected in brazil and the first record in a southern region, guaraqueçaba. the finding is ...	2014	24676661
factors associated with the prevalence and pathology of calodium hepaticum and c. splenaecum in periurban micromammals.	calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) and calodium splenaecum (syn. capillaria splenaecum) are nematodes that infect the liver and spleen, respectively, of mammals. while the host range, distribution, pathology and zoonotic potential of c. hepaticum are well known, very little is known about c. splenaecum. the observed prevalence of these two parasites, the factors associated with prevalence, and the lesions resulting in the different host species were studied in 408 micromammals capture ...	2014	24879015
hepatic parasitosis in two wood mice, apodemus sylvaticus (rodentia: muridae), due to aonchotheca annulosa (nematoda: trichuridae), and eucoleus bacillatus (nematoda: trichuridae). erratic parasitism or post mortem migration?	aonchotheca annulosa and eucoleus bacillatus are two capillariin nematodes parasitizing the intestinal and stomach mucosa, respectively, of various rodent species, and two, among others, component species of the helminth fauna of the wood mouse, apodemus sylvaticus. a capillariin each was found in the liver parenchyma of two wood mice in a post-fire regeneration enclave in serra calderona natural park (valencian community, spain). due to their location, the preliminary identification of the helm ...	2014	25236269
comparison of the performance of two spontaneous sedimentation techniques for the diagnosis of human intestinal parasites in the absence of a gold standard.	performance evaluation of diagnostic tests is critical in the search for accurate diagnoses. a gold standard test is usually absent in parasitology, thus rendering satisfactory assessment of diagnostic accuracy difficult. moreover, reliability (assessed by the study of repeatability) is a rarely studied characteristic of diagnostic tests. this study compared and evaluated the performance (repeatability, concordance and accuracy) of the spontaneous sedimentation technique (sst) and the paratest f ...	2014	24321383
the helminth community of the wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus from the erro river valley, navarre, spain.	the helminth fauna of the wood mouse, apodemus sylvaticus, in the erro river valley (navarre, spain) was investigated from a total of 150 mice between february 2001 and july 2002. an overall prevalence of 90.7% was recorded and up to 14 helminth species identified. the most prevalent species was the nematode heligmosomoides polygyrus (78.0%), whereas syphacia stroma was the species with the highest median abundance (19.8). the detection of calodium hepaticum, rodentolepis straminea and the larva ...	2015	25007313
zoonotic helminths of urban brown rats (rattus norvegicus) in the uk: neglected public health considerations?	urban brown rats (rattus norvegicus) carry microbial human pathogens but their role as reservoir hosts for helminths of public health importance is less well known. in this study, 42 brown rats trapped on merseyside were subject to thorough combined helminthological and pathohistological post-mortem examination. eggs of the rodent-borne zoonotic nematode calodium hepaticum were initially detected in histological sections of the livers of 9.5% of rats, but overall diagnostic sensitivity increased ...	2015	24661776
occurrence of calodium hepaticum (bancroft, 1893) moravec, 1982 eggs in feces of dogs and cats in lages, santa catarina, brazil.	this study aims to report the incidence of calodium hepaticum among dogs and cats, pets or stray animals, captured by the zoonosis control center (ccz) in lages, santa catarina, brazil. fecal samples from 108 pet dogs and eight pet cats, and from 357 stray dogs and 97 stray cats, captured by ccz, were analyzed within the period from july 2010 to november 2012. coproparasitological exams were performed by techniques of sedimentation, centrifuge-flotation, and simple flotation. among 465 fecal sam ...	2016	26910455
calodium hepaticum in jungle cats ( felis chaus ) in sri lanka.	calodium hepaticum infection is rarely reported in carnivores. we describe two cases of c. hepaticum infection, causing liver lesions, in wild jungle cats ( felis chaus ) in sri lanka.	2016	27434415
factors affecting carriage and intensity of infection of calodium hepaticum within norway rats (rattus norvegicus) from an urban slum environment in salvador, brazil.	urban slum environments in the tropics are conducive to the proliferation and the spread of rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens to humans. calodium hepaticum (brancroft, 1893) is a zoonotic nematode known to infect a variety of mammalian hosts, including humans. norway rats (rattus norvegicus) are considered the most important mammalian host of c. hepaticum and are therefore a potentially useful species to inform estimates of the risk to humans living in urban slum environments. there is a lack of s ...	2017	27780498
study of the prevalence of capillaria hepatica in humans and rodents in an urban area of the city of porto velho, rondônia, brazil.	hepatic capillariosis, caused by capillaria hepatica (calodium hepaticum) (bancroft, 1893), travassos, 1915 (nematoda, trichinelloidea, capillariidae), is a common zoonosis in rodents but is rare in humans. seventy-two cases in humans have been reported worldwide since the first case was described by macarthur in 192417,27. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of capillaria hepatica in humans and rodents in an urban area of porto velho, the capital of rondônia, in brazil.	2017	25651325
prevalence of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) in rattus norvegicus in the urban area of rio de janeiro, brazil.	the nematode calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a zoonotic helminth found mainly infecting rats. it was studied the prevalence of c. hepaticum infection in rattus norvegicus in an urban area of rio de janeiro (brazil), with low urban planning and sanitation. the presence of c. hepaticum was identified through visible yellowish-white lesions in liver tissue and histological analyses. the total prevalence of infection was 45%, with no significant differences between sex and age. the ...	2017	25229230