The use of ultrasound to study the prevalence of hydatid cysts in the right lung and liver of sheep and goats in Turkana, Kenya

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1335-1338

  Maxson, Abby D ^a   Wachira, Timothy M ^b   Zeyhle, Eberhard E ^b   Fine, Amanda ^a   Mwangi, Tabitha W ^b   Smith, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; goat; hydatid cyst; hydatidosis; sheep; Turkana; ultrasonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOAT; KENYA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KENYA; LIVER; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TAENIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; TAENIA HYDATIGENA;

EID: 0030295306     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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