| canine echinococcosis in turkana (north-western kenya): a coproantigen survey in the previous hydatid-control area and an analysis of risk factors. | a study of echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs, with risk-factor analysis, was carried out in the endemic area of northern turkana district, kenya, using necropsy on 42 strays and a coproantigen-elisa survey of 161 owned animals. during the post-mortem examinations, 14 (33%) of the necropsied dogs were found infected with e. granulosus, with a mean burden of 540 worms (range=two to 4080 worms). the 26 necropsied dogs that came from the north-western lokichoggio division--an area where, fro ... | 2006 | 16989686 |