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Rabies in the Masai Mara, Kenya: preliminary report.
A serosurvey of rabies antibodies among domestic dogs (Canis familiaris, n = 178), spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta, n = 72) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus, n = 18) of the Masai Mara, Kenya, was carried out. Rabies antibodies were found in 9.6% of the domestic dog sera, but all wild dog and hyaena sera were negative. Rabies has been confirmed in this region among the above species as well...
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We have identified for the first time Rickettsia africae, and the ticks that harbored them, in Kenya. A total of 5,325 ticks were collected from vegetation, livestock, and wild animals during two field trips to southwestern Kenya. Most were immature forms (85.2%) belonging to the genera Amblyomma or Rhipicephalus. The adults also included representatives from the genus Boophilus. Ticks were ass...
متن کاملHuman African trypanosomiasis in a Belgian traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, February 2012.
A Belgian traveller was diagnosed with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense nine days after visiting the Masai Mara area in Kenya. He presented with an inoculation chancre and was treated with suramin within four days of fever onset. Two weeks earlier, HAT was also reported in a German traveller who had visited the Masai Mara area. Because no cases have occu...
متن کاملSarcoptic mange and cheetah conservation in Masai Mara (Kenya): epidemiological study in a wildlife/livestock system.
The sanitary control of threatened wild animals is of pivotal interest for their conservation. This task, however, is highly complex in wildlife/livestock systems. In this paper we report findings from a 2-year cross-sectional study of the epidemiology and attempted control of a Sarcoptes mite infestation in the threatened cheetah population in Masai Mara (Kenya), and discuss its interaction wi...
متن کاملStudies on the Masai.
scription of the study was published in the May issue of the Archives of Pathology, 1971 (2). The authors have been invited to write an editorial summarizing their experience for this journal. First of all, we would like to say a few words as to the genesis of such a research project. One of our group, Dr. K. Biss, served in a “mobile hospital” (a medically equipped Volkswagen) in Masailand as ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BioScience
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1525-3244,0006-3568
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.11.4