Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a globally distributed zoonotic nematode
with low host specificity and a high affinity to the liver. Although murid rodents are the main …

In this review, information was summarized on endoparasites found in six non-domesticated
neotropical animals. These mammals have the potential to be domesticated. The animals …

Helminth parasites of vertebrates have been studied in Costa Rica for more than 50 years.
Survey work on this group of parasites is far from complete. We assembled a database with …

We report the finding of eggs of Calodium spp.(syn. Capillaria spp.; Hepaticola spp.) in a
fecal sample from an old woman living in a riverine community in the Negro River Basin and …

Trichuriasis is the clinical disease of animals infected with the parasite of the genus
Trichuris. This review attempts to present information on Trichuris spp. infestation in neo …

Background Human capillariasis caused by Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum)
is a rare disease with no more than 40 cases registered around the world. Classically, the …

The agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) is a New World wild rodent hunted for its meat in Trinidad
and other Latin American countries. Studies on agouti under captive conditions have yielded …

The helminth fauna of Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766) has seldom been studied. In this paper,
we report an unusual mixed infection of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 and …

This review serves to shed light on some common infectious diseases: their names,
prevalence, site of infection and diagnostic tools for identificationof six (6) neo-tropical …

This review aims at identifying cestodes that are present in hunted rodent species in the neo-
tropical region. The rodent species that was investigated were the capybara (Hydrochoerus …