| comparison of vaccination strategies for the control of dog rabies in machakos district, kenya. | demographic and epidemiological field data were used in a deterministic model to describe dog rabies transmission in machakos district, kenya and to predict the impact of potential vaccination strategies for its control. the basic reproduction number (r0) was estimated to be 2.44 (1.52-3.36, 95% confidence limits). there were three key model predictions. the first was that a threshold dog density (k(t)) of 4.5 dogs km(-2) (3.8-5.2 dogs km(-2), 95% confidence limits) was required to maintain tran ... | 2002 | 12211590 |
| dog ecology and demography information to support the planning of rabies control in machakos district, kenya. | a study of 150 dog-owning households from six randomly selected sublocations was conducted in machakos district, kenya. initially, all households were visited to collect information on dog ecology and demography based on who guidelines and to collect serum for rabies antibody detection. a second visit was made 1 year later, to obtain follow-up data on births, deaths, dog movements and other events since the first visit. dog ownership was common, with a range of 53--81% (mean=63%) of households o ... | 2001 | 11311185 |
| community-based active surveillance for rabies in machakos district, kenya. | the rabies problem in kenya has been greatest in machakos district where the disease has persisted endemically for over 40 years. this paper presents the results of a one-year community-based active surveillance for rabies in six randomly selected sublocations in the district for the period 1992-1993. approximately 860 rabid dogs per 100000 dogs were confirmed in this study, compared to approximately 12 per 100000 confirmed rabid dogs reported by the existing passive-surveillance system. this ac ... | 2000 | 10727745 |
| features of dog ecology relevant to rabies spread in machakos district, kenya. | a random sample of households in machakos district of kenya was surveyed using personal interviews to determine features of dog ecology relevant to the spread of rabies. a mean of 1.35 dogs/household, a dog to person ratio of 1:9.6 and a mean of 10.4 dogs/km2 were estimated. the male to female ratio was 1:0.67 with 26% of the dog population being less than three months old. the dogs had a mean age of 1.8 years. the proportion of the dogs which fed on household leftovers and waste was 94.7%. dogs ... | 1993 | 7777334 |
| the isolation and identification of leishmanial parasites from domestic dogs in the machakos district of kenya, and the possible role of dogs as reservoirs of kala-azar in east africa. | two out of 288 sick and emaciated dogs from homesteads in the machakos district of kenya, where human kala-azar cases existed, were found to be infected with leishmaniasis. the leishmanial strain isolated from one of the dogs was characterized enzymologically and serologically and found to be identical with strains isolated from human kala-azar cases and phlebotomus martini. the significance of these findings is discussed in terms of the general epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in kenya. | 1980 | 7436598 |