Browsing School of Agriculture & Food Science by Author "Gitau, Lucy"

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    • Cystic Echinococcosis in Donkeys in Eastern Africa 

      Mulinge, Erastus; Zeyhle, Eberhard; Mbae, Cecilia; Gitau, Lucy; Kaburu, Timothy; Magambo, Japhet; Mackenstedt, Ute; Romig, Thomas; Kern, Peter; Wassermann, Marion (Cambridge University Press, 2023-02-27)
      Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is endemic in humans and domestic animals in Eastern Africa. All the species of the Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato complex have been reported in this region except for E. equinus, possibly ...

    • The potential role of roaming dogs in establishing a geographically novel life cycle of taeniids (Echinococcus spp. and Taenia spp.) in a non-endemic area 

      Mutwir, Titus; Muigai, Anne W.T.; Magambo, Japhet; Mulinge, Erastus; Gitau, Lucy; Muinde, Patrick; Bettridge, Judy M.; Rogan, Mike; Fèvre, Eric M.; Falzon, Laura C. (Elsevier, 2023-02)
      Introduction: Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is endemic in humans and livestock in many pastoral communities in Kenya. The distribution of the disease is enhanced by several factors, including livestock trade, which has allowed ...