The dog as a reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya.
Abstract
Blood, spleen, liver and kidney of a domestic dog captured in Kacheliba, Rift Valley, Kenya, an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis, were cultured in NNN diphasic medium. 7 days later the spleen culture contained promastigotes, and examination of the stained tissues revealed Leishman-Donovan bodies in all but the blood. The dog is known as a reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis elsewhere and it is considered likely that it is a reservoir in this part of Kenya as well.
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19770840081.html?resultNumber=63&start=60&q=au%3A%22Mutinga%2C+M.+J.%22http://hdl.handle.net/11295/88969
Citation
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1977 Vol. 71 No. 5 pp. 447-448Publisher
University of Nairobi