title: An overview of the host spectrum and distribution of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica): part 1-Muroidea.
abstract: Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a worldwide-distributed species of zoonotic nematodes with a high affinity to the liver. Several rodent species of the superfamily Muroidea serve as main hosts for this pathogen. C. hepaticum has been found in Muroidean hosts in more than 60 countries in Europe; North, Central, and South America; Asia; Africa; and Oceania. C. hepaticum was documented in more than 90 Muroidean rodent species (Murinae, Deomyinae, Arvicolinae, Neotominae, Cricetinae, Sigmodontinae, Gerbillinae, and Cricetomyinae). Globally, the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) seems to be the main host species for this nematode. However, locally high prevalences (above 50 %) have also been observed in several other synanthropic (commensal and non-commensal) Muroidea species (e.g., Rattus tanezumi, Ondatra zibethicus, Apodemus sylvaticus). This review gives an overview of the distribution and host spectrum of C. hepaticum in Muroidea host species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210, Vienna, Austria, hans-peter.fuehrer@vetmeduni.ac.at.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Fuehrer
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009115:Muridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D013045:Species Specificity