Cluster of Capillaria hepatica infections in non-commensal rodents from the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
We trapped 664 rodents belonging to five non-commensal species in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, and found a significant cluster of Capillaria hepatica infections in three species in rural and urbanized areas of the northern part of the canton. C. hepatica infections were discovered in the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis (n=99) with an overall prevalence (OP) of 7.0% and a clustered prevalence (CP) of 20%, in the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus (n=58, OP 5.2%; CP 19%), and in the water vole Arvicola terrestris scherman (n=466; OP 0.2%; CP 4%). The estimated numbers of C. hepatica eggs isolated from infected livers ranged from 1,914 to 938,000 per animal.
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Leslie A
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Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Deplazes
Peter
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D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population