Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Immunodetection of echinococcus eggs from naturally infected dogs and from environmental contamination sites in settlements in turkana, kenya
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 82, No. 2, Year 1988
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
A species-specific indirect immunofluorescence test using an wti-Echinococcus oncosphere monoclonal antibody (EgOH6-4E5) was applied to identify Echinococcus oncospheres released from taeniid eggs collected in environmental soil and water samples, and from perianal or faecal samples of naturally infected dogs, in northern Turkana, Kenya. The specificity of immunodetection of Echinococcus eggs by specific fluorescence of Echinococcus oncospheres from naturally infected dogs was 100% when compared to Taenia hydatigena infections, and a sensitivity of 73% was obtained in the detection of dogs infected with Echinococcus using perianal Scotch tape swabs. Taeniid eggs were recovered from various soil samples inside Turkana manyattas (settlements) and from waterhole samples. Some oncospheres obtained from taeniid eggs recovered from all sampled areas, but particularly from inside Turkana huts (flkai) and from water samples from open waterholes used by the people and their livestock, reacted positively with the Echinococcus 4E5 monoclonal antibody. The potential importance of contamination of such sites with Echinococcus eggs is discussed in relation to the transmission of echinococcosis in this hyperendemic region of northern Kenya. © 1988 Oxford University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Craig, Phillip Simon
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
MacPherson, Calum N.L.
Kenya, Nairobi
Amref Health Africa
Watson-Jones, D. L.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Nelson, George S.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 62
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(88)90445-2
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Kenya