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Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria, Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2(22), p. 265-269

DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612013000200046

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Calodium hepaticum (Nematoda: Capillariidae) in synanthropic rodents (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) in Eastern Amazonia

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Abstract

Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) ? um nemat?deo trichur?deo parasito de par?nquima hep?tico de roedores e outros mam?feros. As infec??es em humanos s?o raras, mas s?o relatadas em diversas regi?es do mundo. Numerosos fatores contribuem para a distribui??o desta zoonose, particularmente, uma densa popula??o de roedores associada com ambientes urbanos com car?ncia de saneamento b?sico, tais como aqueles encontrados em algumas cidades da regi?o Norte do Brasil, como a cidade de Bel?m, localizada na Amaz?nia Oriental. Este estudo quantifica e demonstra a infec??o por Calodium em roedores comensais sinantr?picos, de tr?s bairros da cidade de Bel?m, Estado do Par?, com car?ncia de saneamento p?blico e alta incid?ncia de leptospirose humana. Um total de 50 roedores foram capturados para an?lise (26 Rattus rattus e 24 R. norvegicus) e destes, 23 (10 R. rattus e 13 R. norvegicus) apresentaram t?picas les?es hep?ticas, macrosc?picas, causadas por C. hepaticum. A an?lise de amostras por microscopia de luz direta e histopatol?gica do f?gado dos roedores permitiu a identifica??o de esp?cimes desse parasito em fase larvar e adulta, al?m de numerosos ovos apresentando dupla casca estriada e dois tamp?es operculares. Este ? o primeiro registro da ocorr?ncia de C. hepaticum in R. rattus and R. norvegicus na regi?o Amaz?nica, alertando para um consider?vel risco de transmiss?o para a popula??o humana. ; ABSTRACT: Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a trichurid nematode that parasitizes the hepatic parenchyma of rodents and other mammals. Infections in humans are rare, although they have been reported worldwide. A number of factors contribute to the distribution of this zoonosis, particularly the presence of dense populations of rodents associated with relatively poor urban environments, such as those found in parts of the northern Brazilian city of Bel?m in the eastern Amazon Basin. This study quantified Calodium infections in commensal synanthropic rodents in Bel?m. Rodents were captured in three neighborhoods characterized by poor public sanitation and the city's highest incidence of human leptospirosis. A total of 50 rodents were captured (26 Rattus rattus and 24 R. norvegicus), and 23 (10 R. rattus and 13 R. norvegicus) presented macroscopic lesions typical of C. hepaticum. Light microscopy of fresh samples and histological specimens permitted the identification of larvae and adult specimens containing numerous eggs with a double-striated shell and bipolar opercula with plugs. This is the first report of C. hepaticum in R. rattus and R. norvegicus from the Amazon Basin, and it shows a considerable risk of transmission to the local human population.