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. 2013 Nov 19;113(2):619–640. doi: 10.1007/s00436-013-3691-x

An overview of the host spectrum and distribution of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica): part 1—Muroidea

Hans-Peter Fuehrer 1,✉
PMCID: PMC3902076  PMID: 24248632

Abstract

Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a worldwide-distributed species of zoonotic nematodes with a high affinity to the liver. Several rodent species of the superfamily Muroidea serve as main hosts for this pathogen. C. hepaticum has been found in Muroidean hosts in more than 60 countries in Europe; North, Central, and South America; Asia; Africa; and Oceania. C. hepaticum was documented in more than 90 Muroidean rodent species (Murinae, Deomyinae, Arvicolinae, Neotominae, Cricetinae, Sigmodontinae, Gerbillinae, and Cricetomyinae). Globally, the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) seems to be the main host species for this nematode. However, locally high prevalences (above 50 %) have also been observed in several other synanthropic (commensal and non-commensal) Muroidea species (e.g., Rattus tanezumi, Ondatra zibethicus, Apodemus sylvaticus). This review gives an overview of the distribution and host spectrum of C. hepaticum in Muroidea host species.

Introduction

Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a zoonotic nematode parasite distributed worldwide. Adults of this nematode parasitize the liver of mammals and lay their eggs into the liver parenchyma causing hepatic capillariasis. The eggs are only released into the environment with the death of the host. The main hosts of this parasite are rodents of the superfamily Muroidea (Schmidt 2001). Furthermore, this parasite has been documented in numerous other mammalian species including more than 70 human cases (reviewed in Fuehrer et al. 2011; Fuehrer 2013). Hepatic capillariasis is diagnosed through necroscopy or biopsy only, because with hepatic infections eggs are not shed into the environment with the feces.

This review focuses on the Muroidea host spectrum and its geographic distribution in those hosts only. Information about the pathogenesis, ecology, and host spectrum in humans and other mammalians is given elsewhere (e.g., Fuehrer et al. 2011; Fuehrer 2013; Schmidt 2001).

For data evaluation, the systematic search was based on electronic databases (Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar) and previous summaries (e.g., Schmidt 2001). The search terms Capillaria hepatica, Calodium hepaticum, Hepaticola hepatica, Trichocephalus hepaticus, and hepatic capillariasis were used. An attempt was made to include only those studies where the scientific names of the host and parasite were given clearly. Furthermore, spurious infections (= pseudoparasitism) were differentiated as far as possible from hepatic capillariasis. A short overview of spurious C. hepaticum infections in animals is given in Fuehrer (2013).

Taxonomy

C. hepaticum is a nematode out of the family Capillaridae (order Trichocephalida). Moravec (1982) categorized C. hepaticum in the genus Calodium. However, the name C. hepaticum is rarely used, and most researchers use the term Capillaria hepatica. Further synonyms are Trichocephalus hepaticus (Bancroft, 1893) and Hepaticola hepatica (Hall 1916) (Fuehrer et al. 2011).

The taxonomy of the family Capillaridae is disputed and pending. In the past, most species were included in the genus Capillaria. Recently, a molecular phylogenetic study revealed that Capillaridae can be clearly separated from Trichuridae (Guardone et al. 2013). However, the former genus Capillaria consists of a complex group of parasites including several parasites of carnivores and rodents of the genera Calodium, Eucoleus, Capillaria, Paracapillaria, Pearsonema, and Aonchotheca (Guardone et al. 2013). Three species are of zoonotic importance, namely Paracapillaria philippinensis (syn. Capillaria philippinensis), Eucoleus aerophila (syn. Capillaria aerophila), and C. hepaticum (syn. C. hepatica).

Life cycle

The life cycle of C. hepaticum is a direct one with a high affinity to the liver. After the ingestion of embryonated eggs, larvae hatch in the area of the caecum and invade the liver via the portal vein system. Adult worms parasitize in the liver of its mammalian hosts where the females lay eggs into the liver parenchyma after mating. The life span of adult worms is short (18–60 days post infection in mice) (Juncker-Voss et al. 2000; Schmidt 2001). The eggs develop in the host's liver to the eight-cell stage only. Unembryonated eggs are only released into the environment with the death of the host only (decay of host; excretion in feces of carnivores and omnivores or after cannibalism). Depending on the environmental conditions (e.g., humidity, temperature), eggs embryonate within 5–8 weeks. Laboratory studies revealed that embryonated eggs are viable for 25 months (reviewed in Juncker-Voss et al. 2000). The life cycle is closed when embryonated eggs are ingested from a mammalian host. The ingestion of non-embryonated eggs leads to pseudoparasitosis (= spurious infections) where the non-embryonated eggs are re-released with the feces and lead to mild symptoms only (reviewed in Fuehrer et al. 2011).

Muroidea host spectrum

The mammalian superfamily Muroidea consists of rodents with a worldwide distribution (with the exception of Antarctica) including animals like rats, true mice, gerbils, and hamsters. Recent molecular phylogenetic studies classified the superfamily into 6 families, 19 subfamilies, around 280 genera, and over 1,300 species (e.g., Steppan et al. 2004).

The host spectrum of C. hepaticum in Muroidea hosts (and in other mammals) indicates very low host specificity. More than 90 species of at least 44 genera of the superfamily Muroidea (Murinae, Arvicolinae, Neotominae, Cricetinae, Sigmodontinae, Gerbilinae, and Cricetomyinae) are known as hosts of this parasite (Table 1). Of these, more than 55 species are rodents of the subfamily Murinae including the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus), Black rat (Rattus rattus), and house mouse (Mus musculus). Prevalences above 50 % are regularly documented in Norway rats (R. norvegicus) and Tanezumi rats (R. tanezumi), and rarely in house mice (M. musculus), long-tailed field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), and bank voles (Myodes glareolus). All of these species are known as (commensal or non-commensal) synanthropic species. Human hepatic capillariosis cases are associated with poor hygienic conditions and the presence of rodents (e.g., rats) (Fuehrer et al. 2011). Davis (1951) reported that C. hepaticum is significantly less prevalent in decreasing rat populations than in stationary or increasing populations. A study conducted in Michigan (USA) with deer mice revealed that parasite prevalences are correlated negatively with heterozygosity when the effects of population density were held constant (Meagher 1998). Meagher further hypothesizes that inbred populations are more susceptible to parasite infestations. Differences in the prevalences of C. hepaticum in different rodent host species are thought to be associated with different living and nutritional habits (Schmidt et al. 1998). Several authors report that C. hepaticum occurs in localized foci of the examined study areas (e.g., Reperant and Deplazes 2005; Stojčević et al. 2002). Furthermore, cannibalism may be an important egg-releasing mechanism and is an important source of infection in burrows. On the other hand, predation seems to be responsible for scattered foci of infection (Farhang-Azad 1977a, b; Stojčević et al. 2002). Decomposition is thought to be a less important egg-releasing mechanism. Environmental conditions (humidity and temperature) are also associated with the distribution of these pathogens (e.g., Resendes et al. 2009). The pathogenicity of C. hepaticum in Muroidea hosts is considered low, although experimental infections of rats and mice have been demonstrated to lead to hepatic failure and the death of the host (the host survival rate is reduced by 5–10 %) (Singleton and Chambers 1996). However, individual variations of the host's inflammatory reaction to the parasite have been reported. Furthermore, hypersensitivity is associated with repeated infections (Borucinska and Nielsen 1993).

Table 1.

Calodium hepaticum in Muroidea

Classification Species Prevalence (%) Country/region References
Muridae
Murinae Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) USA Childs et al. (1988); Shorb (1931); Wantland et al. (1956)
82 % (of 86) USA (Connecticut) Conlogue et al. (1979)
75 % (of 845) USA (Maryland—Baltimore area and zoo) Farhang-Azad (1977a)
75 % (of 845) USA (Maryland—Baltimore Zoo) Farhang-Azad (1977b)
87.9 % (176/201) USA (Maryland, Baltimore) Easterbrook et al. (2007)
USA (New York) Herman (1939)
85.6 % USA (Maryland) Luttermoser (1936)
94.1 % (of 1,460) USA (Maryland) Davis (1951)
USA (North Carolina) Harkema (1936)
USA (District of Columbia) Price and Chitwood (1931); Cram (1928)
USA (Pennsylvania and Rhode Island) Winfield (1933)
USA (California) Hall (1916)
Spurious infection 6 % (of 150) Canada (Quebec) Firlotte (1948)
Puerto Rico Leon de (1964)
Venezuela Vogelsang and Espin (1949)
20.1 % (51/254) Colombia Duque et al. (2012)
Brazil Araújo (1967); Galvão (1981); Chieffi et al. (1981); Ferreira and Andrade (1993)
Brazil (Bahia) Ferreira and Andrade (1993)
54.1 % (13/24) Brazil (Belém) Moreira et al. (2013)
30 % Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hancke (2011)
33.3 % (5/15) Chile Torres and Gonzáles (1972); Rojas et al. (1971)
1 case England Simmons and Walkey (1971)
1 case England (zoo) Redrobe and Patterson-Kane (2005)

A: 90.4 % (38/42)

B + C: none of 38

 England Owen (1976)
23 % (n = 44) England Webster and MacDonald (1995)
60 % (of 29) Portugal (Azores) Roque (1989)
20 % (of 20) Portugal (Azores) Cruz (2006)
62.5 % (of 73) Portugal Roque et al. (1984)
42 % (21/50) Portugal Lisbon Zoo Crespo (2012)
20 % Spain Mascato et al. (1993); Feliu et al. (1985); Castro (1944); Gallego Berenguer (1959)
France Davoust et al. (1997)
Italy Perugia (1893)
80 % (of 28) Italy Vanni (1938); Vanni (1947)
30 % (of 100) Italy (Pisa) Ghelardoni (1966)
30 % (of 50) Italy Casarosa and Ghelardoni (1965)
36 % (17/49) Italy (Milano) Ceruti et al. (2001)
54.55 % (of 143) Italy (Sicily) Milazzo et al. (2010b)
74.6 % Austria Rydlo (1966)
1 case Austria Frank (1977)
Switzerland Hörning (1966)
16.4 % (of 864) Belgium Cotteleer et al. (1982)
Former CSSR Mituch (1960)
100 % (26/26) Hungary (zoo) Mészáros and Kemenes (1973)
1.95 % (6/307) Croatia Stojčević et al. (2002)
10.9 % (of 147) Serbia (Belgrad) Kataranovski et al. (2010)
Turkey Merdivenci (1970)
Kazakhstan Pleščëv and Kozlov (1978)
Japan Shimatani (1961); Sato and Shimatani (1960); Iwaki et al. (1993); Ito et al. (1996); Yagisawa (1978)
52.7 % (1,272/2,222) Japan (Osaka) Momma (1930)
90 % Philippines Tubangui (1931)
60/138 (42 %) Thailand Chaiyabutr (1979)
12.5 % (of 16) Thailand Namue and Wongsawad (1997)
Malaysia Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
China Lagrange (1924)
30.4 % China (Soochow) Wu (1930)
7.1 % China (Canton) Chen (1933)
61.9 % China (Hubei Province) Zhou et al. (1991)
66.7 % China (Yunnan Province) Zhou et al. (1998)
1 case China (Yunnan Province) Xiong et al. (1999)
77 % China (Yunnan Province) Shen et al. (2003)
66.7 % China (Fujian Province) Yuan et al. (2000)
12.3 % China (Fujian Province) Xue et al. (1998)
46.2 % China (Fujian Province) Zhang et al. (2003)
25.8 % China (Henan Province) Lin et al. (2007)
25.83 % (109/422) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
36.7 % Taiwan Yang and Lu (2000)
54.9 % Taiwan Tung et al. (2009)
62.5 % (20/32) Taiwan Tung et al. (2013)
36 % South Korea (Seoul) Nakamura and Kobashi (1935)
88 % (286/235) South Korea (Seoul) Seo et al. (1964)
38.1 % (of 1,000) South Korea (Seoul) Min (1979)
12.1 % (of 33) South Korea (Pochun and Chungpyong) Seo et al. (1968)
23.6 % (21/89) South Korea (Gangwon Province) Yi et al. (2010)
25.9 % (11/43) South Korea (Chunchon) Seong et al. (1995)
13.04 % (of 23) Iran Pakdel et al. (2013)
28 % Australia (Queensland) Singleton et al. (1991)
Egypt El-Nassery et al. (1991)
Tunisia Mishra and Gonzalez (1975)
Black rat (Rattus rattus) New Zealand Roberts (1990)
5 % Australia (Queensland) Singleton et al. (1991)
25–30 % Federated States of Micronesia (Pohnpei) Storer (1962)
Bangladesh Bhuiyan et al. (1995)
India Chahota et al. (1997); Kumar et al. (1985); Somvanshi et al. (1995); Chahota et al. (1997); Bhattacharya et al. (1998)
29.54 % (of 88) India Malsawmtluangi and Tandon (2009)

2.32 % (1/43)

Spurious infection

 India Sharma et al. (2012)
88.3 % India Patel et al. (2004)
7.3 % (of 3,190) Pakistan Ahmad et al. (2011)
20 % (1/5) Iran Pakdel et al. (2013)
7.4 % (2/27) Thailand Chaiyabutr (1979)
4.54 % (of 22) Thailand Namue and Wongsawad (1997)
28.6 % Taiwan Tung et al. (2009)
18.2 % (2/11) Taiwan Tung et al. (2013)
Japan Sato and Shimatani (1960); Shimatani (1961)
Turkey Merdivenci (1970)
3.1 % (2/65) Israel Wilamowski et al. (2002)
Spain Feliu et al. (1985); Castro (1944); Gallego Berenguer (1959)
Portugal (Azores) Casanova et al. (1996); Roque (1989)
France Davoust et al. (1997)
34.2 % (of 37) Italy (Sicily) Milazzo et al. (2010a)
Switzerland Hörning (1966)
USA Layne (1970)
Brazil Chieffi et al. 1981
Brazil (Bahia) Ferreira and Andrade (1993)
69.8 % (30/43) Brazil (São Paulo) Almeida-Silva et al. (2011)
38.4 % (10/26) Brazil (Belém) Moreira et al. (2013)
Egypt El-Nassery et al. (1991)
6.2 % (19/308) Ethiopia Farhang-Azad and Schlitter (1978)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Dubois (1933)
5.8 % (6/103) Nigeria Onyenwe et al. (2009)
Rattus spp. (R. norvegicus and/or R. rattus) 100 % (of 12) Philippines Claveira et al. (2005)
34 % Japan (Southern Anami Islands) Kamiya et al. (1968)
44 % (of 82) France Davoust et al. (1997)
Rattus spp. (Rattus rattus diardii, R. norvegicus, and R. exulans) 21.6 % Malaysia Paramasvaran et al. (2009)
Rattus sp. 11.9 % France—Lyon Zoo Apéry (2012)
13 % France—Vincennes Zoo Apéry (2012)
Rattus rattus sladerni 38.8 % China (Yunnan Province) Shen et al. (2003)
33 % (1/3) China (Yunnan Province) Xiong et al. (1999)
Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) New Zealand Roberts (1990)
Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Malaysia Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
37.5 % Malaysia Syad-Arnez and Mohd Zain (2006)
Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) 8.3 % (1/12) Bangladesh Fuehrer et al. (2012)
Rice-field rat (Rattus argentiventer) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971); Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
Lesser rice-field rat (Rattus losea) 5.4 % Taiwan Yang and Lu (2000)
38.9 % China (Fujian Province) Yuan et al. (2000)
Hoffmann's rat (Rattus hoffmanni) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Opossum rat (Rattus marmosurus) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b); Wiroreno (1978)
Malaysia Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
Rattus flavipectus (syn. for Rattus tanezumi) 12.9 % (20/155) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
12.9 % China (Henan Province) Lin et al. (2007)
61.9 % China (Hubei Province) Zhou et al. (1991)
65.1 % China (Yunnan Province) Zhou et al. (1998)
49.4 % (of 881) China (Yunnan Province) Xiong et al. (1999)
77.5 % China (Yunnan Province) Shen et al. (2003)
44.3 % China (Fujian Province) Yuan et al. (2000)
13.1 % China (Fujian Province) Xue et al. (1998)
66.7 % China (Fujian Province) Zhang et al. (2003)
Malayan field rat (Rattus tiomanicus) Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971); Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
44.4 % Malaysia Syad-Arnez and Mohd Zain (2006)
Annandale's rat (Rattus annandalei) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977); Sinniah et al. (1979)
Himalayan field rat (Rattus nitidus) 40.1 % India Malsawmtluangi and Tandon (2009)
Bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) Australia Singleton et al. (1991); Spratt and Singleton (1986)
Müller's giant Sunda rat (Sundamys muelleri) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
33.3 % Malaysia Syad-Arnez and Mohd Zain (2006)
Greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
11.5 % Taiwan Yang and Lu (2000)
Sri Lanka Dissanaike and Paramananthan (1961)
Lesser bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) Bangladesh Bhuiyan et al. (1995)
India Pasricha et al. (1941)
33.3 % (6/18) India Singla et al. (2013)
Bower's white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
16.6 % India Malsawmtluangi and Tandon (2009)
Kenneth's white-toothed rat (Berylmys mackenziei) 31.8 % India Malsawmtluangi and Tandon (2009)
Gray tree rat (Lenothrix canus) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
White-bellied rat (Niviventer niviventer) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
40 % India Malsawmtluangi and Tandon (2009)
55.6 % China (Fujian Province) Yuan et al. (2000)
Dark-tailed tree rat (Niviventer cremoriventer) Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971)
Chinese white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) 30 % China (Fujian Province) Yuan et al. (2000)
Rattus nivivente (sug. syn. for Niviventer sp.) 6.12 % (3/49) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971); Liat et al. (1977)
Bartels's spiny rat (Maxomys bartelsii) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b); Wiroreno (1978)
Hellwald's spiny rat (Maxomys hellwaldii) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Rajah spiny rat (Maxomys rajah) Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971); Liat et al. (1977)
30.6 % Malaysia Syed-Arnez and Mohd Zain 2006
Musschenbroek's spiny rat (Maxomys musschenbroekii) Indonesia Brown et al. (1975b)
Whitehead's spiny rat (Maxomys whiteheadi) Malaysia Mulkit and Cheong (1971); Liat et al. (1977)
25 % Malaysia Syed-Arnez and Mohd Zain 2006
Red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer) Malaysia Liat et al. (1977)
30.4 % Malaysia (Syed-Arnez and Mohd Zain 2006)
Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes) Australia Singleton et al. (1991); Spratt and Singleton (1986)
Giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) 24 % Australia Singleton et al. (1991)
Kaiser's rock rat (Aethomys kaiseri) Rwanda Fain (1955)
Hinde's rock rat (Aethomys hindei) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
Peters's striped mouse (Hybomys univittatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
African marsh rat (Dasymys incomtus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953); Schwetz (1956)
House mouse (Mus musculus) 6.2 % Spain Mascato et al. (1993); Feliu et al. (1985); Castro (1944); Gallego Berenguer (1959)
2.6 % (1/39) Israel Wilamowski et al. (2002)
9.1 % (of 22) Russia Romašov (1983)
Russia Romašov (1996)
Kazakhstan Pleščëv and Kozlov (1978)
Turkey Merdivenci (1970)
47.4 % Austria Juncker et al. (1998)
42.7 % (of 166) Austria (Vienna—zoo) Juncker-Voss et al. (2000)
Switzerland Hörning (1966)
80 % (of 5) Italy Vanni (1947)
5.5 % (of 37) Italy (Sicily) Milazzo et al. (2010a)
21.2 % (of 52) Portugal (Azores) Casanova et al. (1996)
19.6 % (10/51) Portugal (Azores) Resendes et al. (2009)
40.2 % (of 92) Portugal (Azores) Pereira (2009)
22 % (11/50) Portugal Lisbon Zoo Crespo (2012)
USA Childs et al. (1988)
USA (Maryland) Luttermoser (1938)
USA (Pennsylvania) Doran (1955)
0.9 % (of 110) Iran Pakdel et al. (2013)
4.6 % (of 410) Pakistan Ahmad et al. (2011)
2.1 % (1/47) Bangladesh Fuehrer et al. (2012)
Bangladesh Bhuiyan et al. (1995)
19.1 % China (Hubei Province) Zhou et al. (1991)
21.1 % China (Yunnan Province) Zhou et al. (1998)
4.6 % China (Fujian Province) Xue et al. (1998)
10 % China (Henan Province) Lin et al. (2007)
10 % (13/130) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
Australia (Queensland) Singleton et al. (1991)
Australia release study Singleton and Chambers (1996)
Long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) 2/17 Austria Frank (1977)
Switzerland Hörning (1966)
7 % (of 99) Switzerland (Geneva Canton) Reperant and Deplazes (2005)
Belgium Bernard (1961)
Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
Spain Feliu et al. (1984, 1985, 1987); Mas-Coma and Feliu (1977); Prokopič and Tenora (1975)
England Baylis (1931)
75 % (of 58) England Canning et al. (1973)
100 % St. Kilda, UK Berry and Tricker (1969)
18 % (2/11) UK Shetland Islands Wilson et al. (1998)
Wales Lewis (1968)
Slovakia Mituch (1966/1970)
Bulgaria Genov (1984); Prokopič and Genov (1974)
Russia Romašov (1996)
Georgia Kirschenblat (1948)
Armenia Kirakosjan et al. (1963)
Middle Asia Tokobaev (1976)
Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) Russia Romašov (1978, 1996)
5.93 % (of 135) Russia Romašov (1983)
Bulgaria Genov (1984); Prokopič and Genov (1974)
2 cases Serbia Ĉabrilo et al. (2013)
Slovakia Mituch (1960); Mituch (1966/1970)
Former CSSR Erhardová (1956); Erhardová and Ryšavy (1955); Prokopič and Genov (1974); Tenora (1963)
8.5 % (24/284) Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Schmidt (2001)
6 cases Denmark Tenora et al. (1991)
Apodemus spp. 1.5 % (of 96) France (forested area near Dijon) Scandola et al. (2013)
Iran Mobedi and Arfaa (1971)
Broad-toothed field mouse (Apodemus mystacinus) Georgia Kirschenblat (1948)
Striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) Russia Romašov (1978)
3.37 % (of 297) Russia Romašov (1983)
0.2 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
Russia (Novosibirsk Region) Koval'chuk and Bonina (1981)
4.27 % (5/117) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
Small Japanese field mouse (Apodemus argenteus) Japan Chabaud et al. (1963); Ishimoto (1974); Iwaki et al. (1993)
Korean field mouse (Apodemus peninsulae) Japan Iwaki et al. (1993)
Large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus) Japan Iwaki et al. (1993)
Typical striped grass mouse (Lemniscomys striatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
Southern multimammate mouse (Mastomys coucha) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953); Schwetz (1956)
Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) Ghana Paperna et al. (1970)
South Africa Cochrane et al. (1957)
Jackson's soft-furred mouse (Praomys jacksoni) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
Tropical Vlei rat (Otomys tropicalis) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
Creek groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys fallax) Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
Bell groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys campanae) Guinea Joyeux et al. (1928)
Target rat (Stochomys longicaudatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
Ethiopian white-footed mouse (Stenocephalemys albipes) 0.5 % (1/212) Ethiopia Farhang-Azad and Schlitter (1978)
Deomyinae Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat (Lophuromys flavopunctatus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
Southern African spiny mouse (Acomys spinosissimus) Zimbabwe Sandground (1933)
Cricetidae
Arvicolinae
Bank vole (Myodes glareolus) Russia Romašov (1978, 1996)
37.36 % (of 1,159) Russia Romašov (1983)
1.4 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
75 % (of 57) England Canning et al. (1973)
27.6 % (of 29) France (forested area near Dijon) Scandola et al. (2013)
15.1 % (22/146) Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Schmidt et al. (1998); Schmidt (2001)
5.2 % (of 58) Switzerland (Geneva Canton) Reperant and Deplazes (2005)
Slovakia Mituch (1960)
5.4 % (of 115) Czech Republic Rupeš (1964)
Northern red-backed vole (Myodes rutilus) Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
1 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
Southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) USA Fisher (1963)
9.5 % (28/294) USA Solomon and Handley (1971)
2.8 % Canada (Alonquin Park) Freeman and Wright (1960)
Grey red-backed vole (Myodes rufocanus) Japan Chabaud et al. (1963); Ishimoto (1974); Iwaki et al. (1993)
Northern mole vole (Ellobius talpinus) Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
Zaisan mole vole (Ellobius tancrei) ??? Mentioned in Tinnin et al. (2011)
Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus) Former UDSSR Morozow (1956)
USA Rausch (1961)
Southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi) Canada (Alonquin Park) Freeman and Wright (1960)
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Canada (Alonquin Park) Freeman and Wright (1960)
Canada (Ontario) Price (1931)
Laboratory infection studies USA Borucinska et al. (1997)
77 % (184/270) USA (Pennsylvania and Connecticut) Borucinska et al. (1993)
USA (Louisiana) Penn (1952)
17 % (of 104) USA (Maine) Meyers and Reilly (1950)
USA (Michigan) Ameel (1942)
Russia Romašov (1995, 1996)
Former CSSR Tenora and Zavadil (1967)
4.21 % (of 1,140) Belgium Cotteleer et al. (1982)
1 case (of 440) Great Britain Warwick (1937)
Field vole (Microtus agrestis) 3 cases (of 5) Austria Frank (1977)
16.67 % (of 6) Russia Romašov (1983)
Russia Romašov (1978, 1996)
4.5 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
Common vole (Microtus arvalis) 0.9 % (3/318) Austria Fuehrer et al. (2010)
4 cases (of 4) Austria Frank (1977)
20.69 % (of 29) Russia Romašov (1983)
Russia Romašov (1996)
Rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) USA Fisher (1963)
Canada Freeman and Wright (1960); Lubinsky et al. (1971)
Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Canada Lubinsky et al. (1971)
9.4 % (of 769) Canada (Alonquin Park) Freeman and Wright (1960)
Tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus) Former UDSSR Morozow (1956)
3.4 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
Canada Freeman and Wright (1960)
Narrow-headed vole (Microtus gregalis) Kyrgyzstan Tokobaev (1960)
Günther's vole (Microtus guentheri) 1 case England (zoo) Redrobe and Patterson-Kane (2005)
Water vole (Arvicola terrestris) 1.1 % (1/98) Austria Fuehrer et al. (2010)
Russia (Chechulin 1989); Romašov (1978, 1996)
10.4 % Russia (Southern West Siberia) Chechulin et al. (2011)
28.57 % (of 42) Russia Romašov (1983)
Switzerland Hörning (1966)
0.2 % (of 466) Switzerland (Geneva Canton) Reperant and Deplazes (2005)
2 cases England (zoo) Redrobe and Patterson-Kane (2005)
European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) Former UDDSR Pavlov (1955)
Former UDDSR Kirschenblatt (1938)
Brandt's vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) China (Inner Mongolia) Wan et al. (2007a)
Neotominae Eastern wood rat (Neotoma floridana) 47.1 % (16/34) USA Solomon and Handley (1971)
Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) USA Rausch (1961)
Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) USA Layne (1968, 1970); Layne and Winegarner (1971)
White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) 2.9 % (7/239) USA Solomon and Handley (1971)
Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) 10.2 % (73/713) USA Solomon and Handley (1971)
USA (lab experiments) Meagher (1998)
Canada Lubinsky (1957); Lubinsky et al. (1971); Freeman and Wright (1960); Freeman (1958); Wright (1961); Herman (1981)
Canada (Alberta) Lubinsky (1956)
Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus) USA Rausch (1961); Layne (1968, 1970); Layne and Winegarner (1971)
12.7 % (21/723) USA (Florida) Layne and Griffo Jr (1961)
Reithrodontomys sp. USA King and Stanton (1974)
Cricetinae Gray dwarf hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) Former UDSSR Pavlov (1955)
European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) Austria Frank (1977)
Greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton) China (Henan) Wang et al. (2013)
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) China (Inner Mongolia) Wan et al. (2007a, b)
Sigmodontinae Northern grass mouse (Necromys urichi) Venezuela Vogelsang and Espin (1949)
Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) USA Luttermoser (1937); Layne (1968, 1970)
USA (Texas) Read (1949)
Freshwater marshes: 30 % (43/142); salt water marshes 12 % (4/34); upland habitats 5 % (1/22) USA (Florida) Kinsella (1974)
Gerbillinae Savanna gerbil (Gerbilliscus validus) Democratic Republic of the Congo Fain (1953)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
Bushveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus leucogaster) Democratic Republic of the Congo Schwetz (1956)
Persian jird (Meriones persicus) Armenia Kirakosjan et al. (1963)
6.9 % (11/160) Iran Kia et al. (2010)
Cricetomyinae Emin's pouched rat (Cricetomys emini) 17.7 % Democratic Republic of the Congo Malekani (1990), 1994)
Rwanda Fain (1955)
Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) 30.8 % Democratic Republic of the Congo Malekani (1990), 1994)
Nigeria Chineme and Ibrahim (1984)
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Hepatic capillariasis—geographic distribution in Muroidea hosts

C. hepaticum has been found in Muroidean hosts in more than 60 countries in Europe; North, Central, and South America; Asia; Africa; and Oceania. R. norvegicus is the rodent species with the highest prevalences worldwide. In Europe, North America, South America, and Asia, several studies reported prevalences above 50 % in Norway rats (e.g., Easterbrook et al. 2007). Also other murid host species can present high prevalences in certain regions. In Asia, the nematode was found in prevalences above 50 % in the common species R. tanezumi and the white bellied rat (Niviventer fuloscens) (e.g., Yuan et al. 2000; Zhou et al. 1998). Furthermore, the muskrat (O. zibethicus) seems to be an important host of C. hepaticum in North America (Borucinska and Nielsen 1993). In the UK, high prevalences of this parasite were observed in long-tailed field mice (A. sylvaticus) and the bank vole (M. glareolus) (Canning et al. 1973).

Conclusions

C. hepaticum is a worldwide-distributed parasite with rodents of the superfamily Muroidea as main hosts. C. hepaticum has been described in more than 90 rodent species. Murinae and Arvicolinae are the hosts with the highest prevalences of this parasite. The Norway rat seems to be the most important host species with reported prevalences above 50 % on several continents. However, a high percentage of the studies dealt with Norway rats only, and not with less common murid rodents. Especially synanthropic (commensal and non-commensal) Murinae and Arvicolinae seem to be the most affected hosts.

However, the diagnosis of this pathogen is limited to liver biopsies and necroscopy and so the true prevalence in Muroidea and other mammals remains unclear. At spurious infections, care should be taken to exclude mix-ups with other Trichuridae and Capillaridae shedding eggs of almost similar morphology (e.g., Bork-Mimm and Rinder 2011; Di Cesare et al. 2011; Stuart et al. 2013; Traversa et al. 2011). Novel (molecular) diagnostic tools for proper (molecular) species classification are of urgent need.

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank all authors who provided personal copies of their manuscripts.

Conflict of interest

The author declares that he has no conflict of interest.

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