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

AUTOR(ES)

Klisiowicz, Débora do Rocio, Reifur, Larissa, Shimada, Márcia Kiyoe, Haidamak, Juciliane, Cognialli, Regielly Caroline Raimundo, Ferreira, Tatiane

FONTE

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

04/03/2014

RESUMO

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.

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