Hydatid disease in the Turkana District of Kenya, VII: analysis of the infection pressure between definitive and intermediate hosts of Echinococcus granulosus, 1979-1988.

摘要: The rate of acquisition Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia hydatigena was examined in dogs treated with praziquantel northwestern Turkana District Kenya. An attempt also made to assess the effect drought on prevalence E. granulosus. infection pressure cestodes shown be high, returned pretreatment levels within six months. unreliability arecoline purging studies dog is by mathematical contrast results autopsy. Arecoline purge may underestimate real 10-fold. Dosing intervals hydatid control programmes utilizing mass dog-purging estimate re-infection rates should therefore take this factor into consideration. It proposed that a dog-dosing schedule Turkana, using praziquantel, consideration short prepatent period granulosus, financial constraints, slaughter practices area. During prolonged droughts which o...