Research Article

Prevalence of Calodium hepaticum and Cysticercus fasciolaris in Urban Rats and Their Histopathological Reaction in the Livers

Table 1

Prevalence of Calodium hepaticum and Cysticercus fasciolaris in liver of 98 urban rats.

Liver parasiteNumber of positive% positive

Single infection
Calodium hepaticum 24/9824.5
Cysticercus fasciolaris 19/9819.4
Double infection
C. hepaticum + C. fasciolaris 20/9820.4
 Total C. hepaticum infection44/9844.9
 Total C. fasciolaris infection39/9839.3
 Total liver infected63/9864.3