Rn. Johnson et al., A NEW FOCUS OF KALA-AZAR DUE TO LEISHMANIA-DONOVANI SENSU-LATO IN KENYA, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 87(2), 1993, pp. 142-144
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Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Three Masai children from Kekonyokie South Location, Kajiado District
were diagnose with visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar). Leishmanial iso
lates from the patients were characterized as Leishman a donovani sens
u lato, by cellulose acetate electorphoresis. Case histories indicated
that the disease was acquired locally. A survey of 409 children at 7
local primary schools and one nursery school revealed no additional ca
se. Sandfly surveys using light traps and sticky paper traps recovered
10 species of sandfly, including 2 Phlebotomus species. P. martini wa
s prevalent throughout.the area. P. orientalis was only rarely encount
ered, but it was the first collection record of this species in the so
uthern portion of the Rift Valley in Kenya. Although no Leishmania-inf
ected sandfly was found, P. martini is probably the vector of kala-aza
r in the location, as it