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Previous studies have shown that camel and sheep strains of the cystic hydatid parasite Echinococcus granulosus occur in Kenya. We examined 208 larval isolates and 40 worm samples of E. granulosus from various hosts in Kenya using restriction fragmen
Publikováno v:
Journal of Helminthology. 65:55-61
In Turkana, Kenya, a prevalence of hydatidosis of nearly 10% has been recorded among the pastoralists yet their livestock have a much lower prevalence of the disease. The present study investigated the release from dogs and subsequent survival of Ech
Publikováno v:
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 84:361-368
The rate of acquisition of Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia hydatigena was examined in dogs treated with praziquantel in northwestern Turkana District of Kenya. An attempt was also made to assess the effect of drought on the prevalence of E. granul
Autor:
T. M. Wachira
Publikováno v:
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 87:607-609
Publikováno v:
The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research. 67(4)
A study was done to determine the prevalence of hydatid cysts in goats using ultrasonography. A total of 1,390 goats were examined, 43,6 % (606/1,390) of them from north-western Turkana, Kenya, and 56,4% (784/1,390) from Toposaland, southern Sudan. H
Publikováno v:
East African medical journal. 75(5)
A study was conducted in southern Sudan to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among school children. A total of 275 stool samples which were examined using formol-ether concentration techniques yielded 15 different species of parasites.
Publikováno v:
African journal of health sciences. 3(4)
The prevalence of malaria in the human population of southern Sudan was studied during March to April, 1996. A total of 330 people including adults and children were screened for malaria by microscopic examination of Giemsa stained thick and thin blo
Publikováno v:
African journal of health sciences. 3(4)
Onchocerciasis is endemic in southern Sudan. The prevalence in human population may range from 10% to 40%. In the Eastern Equatorial Region of Southern Sudan, more cases are found in Nimule on the Sudan-Uganda border than in rural highlands of Labone
Publikováno v:
African journal of health sciences. 3(4)
A total of 3443 people were screened by ultrasound to determine the prevalence of hydatid disease in southern Sudan. Hydatid cysts were found in 16 (0.5%) of the people screened. Thirteen of the 16 hydatid cases were from among the Bouya people who s
Publikováno v:
East African medical journal. 70(10)
In a survey of intestinal canine zoonotic helminths in Nairobi, 156 dogs were autopsied. Of these, 10% were infected with Echinococcus granulosus, 88% with Ancylostoma caninum, 45% with Dipylidium caninum and 3% with Toxocara canis. All the infected