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    The existence of Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Turkana, Kenya

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    Publication Date
    1981
    Authors
    Macpherson, L.
    Calum, N.
    Type
    Article, Journal
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    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 from the same family, one young boy and an adult male were being treated for guinea worm at the dispensary in Lokichogio, northern Turkana District. The three women had recently returned from southern Sudan, where the disease is endemic, but the two male tribesmen had only lived in and around the Lokichogio region.

    Subject/Keywords
    Dracontiasis; Sudan; Uganda; Eritrea; Turkana; Lokichogio
    Publisher
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Series
    Vol. 75;No. 5
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    https://repository.amref.ac.ke/handle/123456789/351
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