Images (1)

Capillaria hepatica

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

All authors of this article

Last updated on: 13.04.2021

Dieser Artikel auf Deutsch

Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please login to access all articles, images, and functions.

Our content is available exclusively to medical professionals. If you have already registered, please login. If you haven't, you can register for free (medical professionals only).


Requires free registration (medical professionals only)

Please complete your registration to access all articles and images.

To gain access, you must complete your registration. You either haven't confirmed your e-mail address or we still need proof that you are a member of the medical profession.

Finish your registration now

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Capillaria hepatica is a parasite of the family Trichuridae, a zoonotic nematode that parasitizes in the livers of rodents as its main host (Himsworth CG et al. 2013). Furthermore, Capillaria hepatica is detected in numerous other mammals such as carnivora and primates including humans (rarely), in humans the parasitosis leads to intestinal infestation (Fan PC et al. 2000).

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Fan PC et al (2000) Capillaria hepatica: a spurious case with a brief review. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 16:360-367.
  2. Fuehrer HPet al (2011) Capillaria hepatica in man--an overview of hepatic capillariosis and spurious infections. Parasitol Res 109:969-979.
  3. Fuehrer HP (2014). An overview of the host spectrum and distribution of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica): part 2-Mammalia (excluding Muroidea). Parasitol Res 113:641-651.
  4. Himsworth CG et al. (2013) Rats, cities, people, and pathogens: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of literature regarding the ecology of rat-associated zoonoses in urban centers. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis13:349-359.
  5. Roqueplo C et al. (2020) Enzootic Hepatic Capillariasis (Calodium hepaticum) in Street Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Marseille City, France. Pathogens 9:1048.

Authors

Last updated on: 13.04.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer