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Prevalence and genotyping of Echinococcus granulosus in sheep in Narok County, Kenya.
Parasitology research - 1 Jul 2018
Odongo D O, Tiampati C M, Mulinge E, Mbae C K, Bishop R P, Zeyhle E, Magambo J, Wasserman M, Kern P, Romig T
Abstract excerpt
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus species (sensu lato, s.l.). In East Africa, several species/strains occur in livestock, wildlife, and humans, but there is limited information on frequencies of infection by different genotypes in the various mammalian hosts. We have obtained data on E. granulosus infection prevalence in sheep sampled from...
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