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Cluster of Capillaria hepatica infections in non-commensal rodents from the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Reperant, Leslie ; Deplazes, Peter

In: Parasitology Research, 2005, vol. 96, no. 5, p. 340-342

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    Titre
    • Cluster of Capillaria hepatica infections in non-commensal rodents from the canton of Geneva, Switzerland
    Auteur
    • Reperant, Leslie. Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Deplazes, Peter. Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Parasitology Research, 2005, vol. 96, no. 5, p. 340-342. Springer-Verlag; http://www.springer.de
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316431
    Summary
    We trapped 664 rodents belonging to five non-commensal species in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, and found a significant cluster of Capillaria hepatica infections in three species in rural and urbanized areas of the northern part of the canton. C. hepatica infections were discovered in the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis (n=99) with an overall prevalence (OP) of 7.0% and a clustered prevalence (CP) of 20%, in the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus (n=58, OP 5.2%; CP 19%), and in the water vole Arvicola terrestris scherman (n=466; OP 0.2%; CP 4%). The estimated numbers of C. hepatica eggs isolated from infected livers ranged from 1,914 to 938,000 per animal