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dc.contributor.authorAddy, Francis
dc.contributor.authorAlakonya, Amos
dc.contributor.authorWamae, Njeri
dc.contributor.authorMagambo, Japhet
dc.contributor.authorMbae, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorMulinge, Erastus
dc.contributor.authorZeyhle, Eberhard
dc.contributor.authorWassermann, Marion
dc.contributor.authorKern, Peter
dc.contributor.authorRomig, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T06:19:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T15:26:06Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T06:19:51Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T15:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1119
dc.description.abstractCystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by several members of the Echinococcus granulosus species complex. In East Africa, several species/strains are known to occur in livestock and humans, but host preferences, relative frequencies and spatial distribution of these taxa are poorly known. Here, we contribute livestock data for Maasai- land of southern Kenya. Total CE prevalence was 25.8 % in cattle (151/587), 16.5 % in sheep (71/430) and 10.8 % in goats (21/194), which is a significant increase compared to surveys done about three decades ago. The majority of cysts occurred in the liver (56 % in cattle, 70 % in sheep and 65 % in goats). Molecular characterization by PCR–RFLP and sequencing of parts of the mitochondrial nad-1 gene was done for a subsam-ple of 285 cysts. E. granulosus G1 was dominant in all host species (200 of 201 cysts from cattle, 68 of 69 from sheep and 11 of 15 from goats); the remaining taxa were Echinococcus canadensis G6 (one cyst from sheep, four from goats) and Echinococcus ortleppi (one cyst from cattle). Considering cyst fertility, sheep appear to be the most important hosts for E.granulosus G1, while goats were found to be suitable hosts for E. canadensis G6 (three of four cysts were fertile). For the first time,E. ortleppi was found in cattle from southern Kenya. Our data show an intense and possibly increasing level of CE transmission in southern Kenya, and the predominance of E. granulosus G1, which appears to be particularly pathogenic to humans, calls for urgent control measures.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer-Verlagen_US
dc.subjectCystic echinococcosis, Echinococcus granulossus.en_US
dc.titlePrevalence and diversity of cystic echinococcosis in livestock in Maasailand, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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