High occurrence of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) spurious infection in a village in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil

• Published in: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 371 - 373
• Main Authors: Klisiowicz, Débora do Rocio, Reifur, Larissa, Shimada, Márcia Kiyoe, Haidamak, Juciliane, Cognialli, Regielly Caroline Raimundo, Ferreira, Tatiane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 01-06-2014; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Brazil; Brazil - epidemiology; Calodium hepaticum; Capillaria - isolation & purification; Capillaria hepatica; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Reservoirs; Enoplida Infections - diagnosis; Enoplida Infections - epidemiology; Enoplida Infections - transmission; Feces - parasitology; Female; human spurious infection; Humans; Indians, South American; Infant; Male; Mammals; Middle Aged; Paraná; PARASITOLOGY; Short Communications; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Young Adult; Brazil; Capillaria hepatica; Calodium hepaticum; Brazil; human spurious infection; Paraná
• ISSN: 0074-0276; 1678-8060; 1678-8060
• DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140315

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 explained by the area being located in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Paraná, surrounded by preserved forests and because the inhabitants consume the meat of wild mammals.