| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |