epidemiology | Capillaria philippinensis

history&epidemiology C.philippinensisisalsoknownasPudocworminthePhilippines,whereitisendemic.Thisaliasisbasedonthenameofthelocationwherethediseaseandtheassociatedwormwerefirstdiscoveredin1963. Figure3:endemicregion discoveryofdiseaseIn1962,ahealthyyoungmanfromLuzon,Philippinesrapidlyfellill,sufferingfromthekeyclinicalsymptomsthatwenowrecognizeasindicativeofparasiticCapillariainfection. PostmortemexaminationrevealedalargenumberofC.Philippinensiswormsinthelargeandsmallintestines. Hewasthefirstdocumentedcasualtyofhumanintestinalcapillariasis.historyofepidemicsDuringtheyears1967-1968,anepidemicinthePhilippinesinvolvedatleast1300infectedindividuals,90ofwhomdied.Anotherbriefepidemic,beginninginlate1978andendinginearly1979,involvedabout50infectedindividuals,alsotookplace.SporadiccaseshavecontinuedtoappearinnorthernLuzonaswellasinotherareaswhereepidemicshaveoccurred. geographyofinfectionsCapillariaspp.aremostcommonlyfoundinthePhilippinesbutcaseshavealsobeendocumentedinThailand,Iran,Japan,Egypt,SouthofTaiwan(Kaoh-Siung),Korea,Italy,Spain,andColombia.epidemiologyHumanintestinalcapillariasisisrare. TheCDCreportsonly1500documentedcasesofintestinalcapillariasissince1963,witha10%case-fatalityrate.Hepaticandpulmonarycapillariasisinhumansareextremelyrare,withamaximumof50casesdocumentedworldwide.Humanscontracttheseinfectionsbyingestingsoilthathasbeeninfectedbytheinfectedfecesofanimalsharboringtheparasite.Thediseaseismostcommoninchildrenhavingahistoryofpica.introduction biologicalagent lifecycle&transmission clinicalpresentation diagnosis treatment&prevention

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The nematode (roundworm) Capillaria philippinensis causes human intestinal capillariasis. Two other Capillaria species parasitize animals, ...
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Fish from lagoons in Northern Luzon, Philippines, have been shown experimentally to be intermediate hosts of Capillaria philippinensis.
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Capillaria philippinensis is a parasitic nematode which causes intestinal capillariasis. This sometimes fatal disease was first discovered in Northern Luzon ...
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Capillariasis is a parasitic disease in humans caused by two different species of capillarids: Capillaria hepatica and Capillaria philippinensis.
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As the name suggests, Capillaria philippinensis is endemic in the Philippines and epidemics have occurred in the Northern Luzon region. The parasite is also ...