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Preliminary survey of Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

B. Sinniah ,
Manmohan Singh  and
Khairul Anuar
B. Sinniah
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Manmohan Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Khairul Anuar
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Abstract

The prevalence of Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) infection in a total of 2324 rats trapped from 25 localities in West Malaysia was 15.5%. Infection rates in males (16.0%) and females (15.1%) are similar. A significantly higher percentage of adults (18.1%) than young (7.7%) was infected. Capillaria hepatica infection rates amoung urban (0.7%) and jungle (0.0%) rats was very low as compared to field rats (17.7%) trapped from agricultural areas such as oil palm estates and rice growing areas.

Prevalence of C. hepatica infection in rats is not evenly distributed throughout West Malaysia. There seem to be localised foci of infection. In some areas as many as 77.8% of the adult rats are found to be infected while in other areas the same species of rats are found free of infection.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 147 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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