{"title":"印度金奈市家鼠群人畜共患线虫寄生虫肝钙的分子流行病学","authors":"Azhahianambi Palavesam , Gokula Kannan Ragavan , Jalantha Periasamy , Purushothaman Selvaraj , Dharman Murugesan , Tirumurugaan Krishnaswamy Gopalan , Aravindh Babu Ramasamy Parthiban , Soundararajan Chinnaiyan , Srinivasan Morkonda Rajaram , Sridhar Ramaswamy , Nagendra R. Hegde , G. Taru Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.cimid.2025.102400","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Calodium hepaticum</em> (syn. <em>Capillaria hepatica</em>) is a zoonotic nematode parasite occurring commonly in the liver of rats, which act as primary reservoir hosts. In the present study, 55 household rats in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, were trapped and screened for <em>C. hepaticum</em> infection in the liver. All the collected rat liver samples were subjected to macroscopic examination. Rat liver samples with yellowish-white patch lesions were confirmed for the presence of bi-operculate and ellipsoidal shape eggs by parasitological and histopathological examination. A parasite-specific semi-nested PCR was developed to amplify the partial <em>18S rRNA</em> gene of <em>C. hepaticum</em>. The limit of detection of the semi-nested PCR was 15 aM. All the liver samples were screened by the semi-nested PCR<em>.</em> Of the 55 rat liver samples screened by semi-nested PCR, 21 were positive for <em>C. hepaticum</em>, indicating a prevalence of 38.18 %. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the <em>18S rRNA</em> gene sequence belonged to <em>C. hepaticum.</em> This report is the first molecular confirmation of <em>C. hepaticum</em> in rats in India. This study highlights the high level of prevalence of <em>C. hepaticum</em> in the household rat population and the risk of zoonotic transmission of hepatic calodiosis to human beings living in close proximity to infected rats.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50999,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 102400"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Molecular prevalence of zoonotic nematode parasite Calodium hepaticum in household rat population in Chennai city, India\",\"authors\":\"Azhahianambi Palavesam , Gokula Kannan Ragavan , Jalantha Periasamy , Purushothaman Selvaraj , Dharman Murugesan , Tirumurugaan Krishnaswamy Gopalan , Aravindh Babu Ramasamy Parthiban , Soundararajan Chinnaiyan , Srinivasan Morkonda Rajaram , Sridhar Ramaswamy , Nagendra R. 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Molecular prevalence of zoonotic nematode parasite Calodium hepaticum in household rat population in Chennai city, India
Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) is a zoonotic nematode parasite occurring commonly in the liver of rats, which act as primary reservoir hosts. In the present study, 55 household rats in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, were trapped and screened for C. hepaticum infection in the liver. All the collected rat liver samples were subjected to macroscopic examination. Rat liver samples with yellowish-white patch lesions were confirmed for the presence of bi-operculate and ellipsoidal shape eggs by parasitological and histopathological examination. A parasite-specific semi-nested PCR was developed to amplify the partial 18S rRNA gene of C. hepaticum. The limit of detection of the semi-nested PCR was 15 aM. All the liver samples were screened by the semi-nested PCR. Of the 55 rat liver samples screened by semi-nested PCR, 21 were positive for C. hepaticum, indicating a prevalence of 38.18 %. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the 18S rRNA gene sequence belonged to C. hepaticum. This report is the first molecular confirmation of C. hepaticum in rats in India. This study highlights the high level of prevalence of C. hepaticum in the household rat population and the risk of zoonotic transmission of hepatic calodiosis to human beings living in close proximity to infected rats.
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Comparative Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases aims to respond to the concept of "One Medicine" and to provide a venue for scientific exchange. Based on the concept of "Comparative Medicine" interdisciplinary cooperation between specialists in human and animal medicine is of mutual interest and benefit. Therefore, there is need to combine the respective interest of physicians, veterinarians and other health professionals for comparative studies relevant to either human or animal medicine .
The journal is open to subjects of common interest related to the immunology, immunopathology, microbiology, parasitology and epidemiology of human and animal infectious diseases, especially zoonotic infections, and animal models of human infectious diseases. The role of environmental factors in disease emergence is emphasized. CIMID is mainly focusing on applied veterinary and human medicine rather than on fundamental experimental research.