Species

• Capillaria aerophila
  Capillaria aerophila
  Capillaria aerophila is a nematode parasite found in the respiratory tract of foxes, dogs, and various other carnivorous mammals. A few cases of human infestation have also been reported. Though it is sometimes called a "lungworm", this term usually refers to other species of nematodes. ...
  
  
• Capillaria gastrica
  Capillaria gastrica
  Capillaria gastrica is a parasitic nematode in the genus Capillaria. Among the known host species are the marsh rice rat and deermouse .-Literature cited:...
  
  
• Capillaria hepatica
  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, which are laid in the liver, must mature outside of the host...
  
  
• Capillaria philippinensis
  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, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Taiwan and Thailand...
  
  
• Capillaria plica
  Capillaria plica
  Capillaria plica is a parasitic nematode which is most often found in the urinary bladder, and occasionally in the kidneys, of dogs and foxes. It has also been found in the domestic cat, and various wild mammals...
  
  

See also

• Capillariasis
  Capillariasis
  -Symptoms:Symptoms in infested humans include watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, edema, weight loss, borborygmus , and depressed levels of potassium and albumin in the blood. In humans, the parasites damage the cells of the intestinal wall. This damage interferes with the absorption of nutrients...
  
  , a disease caused by some Capillaria species