Pseudoparasitism by Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica; Hepaticola hepatica) in the Negro River, Brazilian Amazon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1071-1073

  Carvalho Costa, Filipe A ^a   Silva, Adriano Gomes ^a   de Souza, Alberto H ^b   de C Moreira, Carlos J ^a   de Souza, Daniela L ^a   Valverde, Joanna G ^a   Jaeger, Lauren H ^a   Martins, Patrícia P ^a   de Meneses, Viviane F ^a   Araújo, Adauto ^a   Bóia, Márcio N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Secretary of Health   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Calodium hepaticum; Capillaria hepatica; Indians; Intestinal parasites; Stool

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPILLARIA; CASE REPORT; DEFECATION; EGG PARASITOID; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PSEUDOINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; LIVER; PARASITOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAPILLARIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; RIVERS;

CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; HEPATICOLA; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 69949118344     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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