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Cystic Echinococcosis in Turkana, Kenya: The Role of Cross-Sectional Screening Surveys in Assessing the Prevalence of Human Infection
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 5/30/2017)
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Infection
leads to formation of cysts within the viscera of the human host. In the 1980s, the transhumant population of ...
Echinococcus granulosus: Ultrastructural Effect of Albendazole Therapy
(African Journal of Health Sciences, 1994-11)
The effects of the anthelmintic Albendazole against Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts in Turkana patients given orally were studied by means of ultrasound as well as light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron ...
A Comparative Study of Echinococcus granulosus from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(12/1/1982)
The soluble enzyme extracts from protoscoleces obtained from hydatid cysts of human, camel, cattle, sheep and goat origin were compared on the basis of their isoenzyme patterns for GPI and PGM using isoelectric focusing. ...
The Identification of Eggs of Echinococcus by Immunofluorescence Using a Specific Anti-oncospheral Monoclonal antibody
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1/1/1986)
A relatively simple and specific test has been developed to distinguish eggs of Echinococcus from those of other morphologically identical taeniid species. A specific anti-Echinococcus oncosphere monoclonal antibody was ...
Effectiveness of Ng’adakarin Bamocha Model in Improving Access to Ante-natal and Delivery Services Among Nomadic Pastoralist Communities of Turkana West and Turkana North Sub-Counties of Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 4/23/2015)
Introduction: Access to maternal and child health care services among the nomadic pastoralists community in Kenya and African continent in general is unacceptably low. In Turkana, only 18.1% of the women had seen a nurse ...
Hydatid Disease in the Turkana District of Kenya. III. The Significance of Wild Animals in the Transmission of Echinococcus granulosus, with Particular Reference to Turkana and Masailand in Kenya
(Pathogens and Global Health - Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1983-03)
The results are given of a study on the role of wildlife in the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus in the Turkana and Narok Districts of Kenya. A total of 76 wild carnivores belonging to three separate species was ...
A Comparative Study of Echinococcus Granulos from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(Australian Society for Parasitology, 1981-11-20)
A comparative s1udy of Echinococcus granulosus from human and animal hosts in Kenya using isoelectric: focusing and isoenzyme analysis.
International Journal for Parasitology 12: 515-521. The soluble enzyme extracts from ...
The Problem of Communications in Medical Practice in East Africa
(East African Medical Journal, 1969-06-16)
PERHAPS it is salutary for those of us who live in the luxury of Nairobi to
consider for a moment the fi\edical problems at the periphery. It goes without
question that the centre has to be built up first in order to ...
Hydatid disease in the Turkana district of Kenya, IV. The prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus infections in dogs, and observations on the role of the dog in the lifestyle of the Turkana.
(Liverpool of Tropical Medicine, 4/14/1983)
The prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs in the Turkana District of Kenya was 39.4% of 695 examined. Of these, 98 (35.8%) had heavy Echinococcus worm burdens (10(3)-5 X 10(4) ), while 54 (19.7%) and 122 (44.5%) ...
The existence of Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Turkana, Kenya
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981)
Summary
Dracontiasis has been previously reported in
southern Sudan, northern Uganda and north-west
Eritrea but this is the first report of autochthonous
cases in Turkana, Kenya. Five Turkana tribesmen,
three females ...