Capillariasis is a disease caused by

nematode The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...

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Capillaria ''Capillaria'' ( hu, Capillária, 1921) is a fantasy novel by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, which depicts an undersea world inhabited exclusively by women, recounts, in a satirical vein reminiscent of the style of Jonathan Swift, the firs ...

''.Berger SA, Marr JS. Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook. Jones and Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, Massachusetts, 2006. The two principal forms of the disease are: *

Intestinal capillariasis Capillariasis is a disease in the group of helminthiasis diseases caused by the nematode '' Capillaria philippinensis''. Symptoms and signs Symptoms in infested humans include watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, edema, weight loss, borborygmus (s ...

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Capillaria philippinensis ''Capillaria philippinensis'' is a parasitic nematode which causes intestinal capillariasis. This sometimes fatal disease was first discovered in Northern Luzon, Philippines, in 1964. Cases have also been reported from China, Egypt, Indonesia ...

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Hepatic capillariasis The liver is a major organ only found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it ...

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Capillaria hepatica ''Capillaria hepatica'' is a parasitic nematode which causes hepatic capillariasis in rodents and numerous other mammal species, including humans. The life cycle of ''C. hepatica'' may be completed in a single host species. However, the eggs, wh ...

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