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Capillaria hepatica
Species of roundworm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Capillaria hepatica is a parasitic nematode which causes hepatic capillariasis in rodents and numerous other mammal species, including humans.[1] The life cycle of C. hepatica may be completed in a single host species. However, the eggs, which are laid in the liver, must mature outside of the host body (in the environment) prior to infecting a new host.[1] Death and decomposition of the host in which the adults reach sexual maturity are necessary for completion of the life cycle.
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Capillaria hepatica | |
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One of the plates published with the original description of the species, showing the masses of eggs in the liver of the host (above) and free alive eggs (below). | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Enoplea |
Order: | Enoplida |
Family: | Capillariidae |
Genus: | Capillaria |
Species: | C. hepatica |
Binomial name | |
Capillaria hepatica Bancroft, 1893 | |
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