1. Enzootic Hepatic Capillariasis (Calodium hepaticum) in Street Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Marseille City, France
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Hacène Medkour, Younes Laidoudi, Hubert Lepidi, Bernard Davoust, Jean-Lou Marié, Cédric Roqueplo, Groupe de travail en épidémiologie animale (GTEA), Direction Régionale du Service de Santé des Armées (DRSSA - Toulon), Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection (IHU Marseille), and ANR-10-IAHU-0003,Méditerranée Infection,I.H.U. Méditerranée Infection(2010)
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Microbiology (medical) ,hepatic capillariasis ,Rodent ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030231 tropical medicine ,Population ,Zoology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Case Report ,Biology ,Calodium hepaticum ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,biology.animal ,11. Sustainability ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,education ,Molecular Biology ,CALODIUM HEPATICUM ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,Rattus norvegicus ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,Zoonosis ,lcsh:R ,rodent ,zoonosis ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Enzootic ,France ,Hepatic capillariasis - Abstract
International audience; Hepatic capillariasis is a rare and neglected zoonosis affecting wild and synanthropic small rodents. It is caused by infection with Calodium hepaticum in liver. Despite the worldwide distribution of the host Rattus norvegicus (brown or street rats) in the urban area, the epidemiological status of this parasitosis remains unknown. In the present study, we examined a total of 27 brown rats from the city centre and a garden (four km from the city centre) of Marseille, France. All rats were autopsied and 52% showed the presence of C. hepaticum eggs in the liver. This result draws general attention to public health risks, since street rats are living near the human population.
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- 2020