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Outbreak Of Acute Hepatitis Caused By Aflatoxin Poisoning In Kenya

dc.contributor.authorNgindu, Augustine
dc.contributor.authorKenya, PatrickR
dc.contributor.authorOcheng, David M
dc.contributor.authorOmondi, Thomas N
dc.contributor.authorNgare, William
dc.contributor.authorGatei, David
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Bruce K
dc.contributor.authorNgira, Julius A
dc.contributor.authorNandwa, Helen
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Adrian J
dc.contributor.authorKaviti, Jason N
dc.contributor.authorSiongok, Timothy Arap
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-08T07:53:12Z
dc.date.available2013-08-08T07:53:12Z
dc.date.issued1982-06
dc.identifier.citationThe Lancet Volume 319, Issue 8285, 12 June 1982, Pages 1346–1348 Originally published as Volume 1, Issue 8285en
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673682924114
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/55414
dc.description.abstractBetween March and early June, 1981, 20 patients with hepatitis, 12 of whom died, were admitted to three hospitals in the Machakos district of Kenya. Two families, from which 8 of 12 sick members, died were eating maize which contained as much as 12 000 parts per billion (p.p.b.) of aflatoxin B1. Liver tissue at necropsy contained up to 89 p.p.b. of this mycotoxin. Probably most or all of the hepatitis cases were caused by acute aflatoxin poisoning.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Nairobien
dc.titleOutbreak Of Acute Hepatitis Caused By Aflatoxin Poisoning In Kenyaen
dc.typeArticleen
local.publisherFaculty of medicineen


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