Detection of circulating Antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya

Taenia solium a zoonotic tapeworm, responsible for neurocysticercosis in humans is a major public health threat, being a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic regions. Eastern and southern African nations have experienced a recent rapid growth in pig production, including small-scale, free-range systems, with an accompanying increased risk of T. solium transmission. Seven hundred blood samples were collected from randomly selected pigs presented for slaughter at one of the largest porcine abattoir supplying unprocessed pork to Nairobi city and its surroundings. The samples were tested using an antigen ELISA to determine the prevalence of infection with Taenia spp

Cystic echinococcosis in donkeys in eastern Africa

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is endemic in humans and domestic animals in eastern Africa. All the species of the Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato complex have been reported in this region except for E. equinus, possibly due to the small number of studies involving equids. This study reports the frequency of different Echinococcus species in donkeys from eastern Africa. A total of 5961 donkeys were examined during meat inspection in 3 slaughterhouses in Kenya. Identification of Echinococcus spp. was achieved through polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism and sequencing of the mitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenase subunit 1 gene. The prevalence of CE was 5.7% (337/5961). The 263 genotyped cysts belonged to E. equinus (n = 163), E. granulosus sensu stricto (n = 70), E. canadensis (G6/7) (n = 26) and E. ortleppi (n = 4). One donkey harboured a metacestode of Spirometra theileri. All E. equinus cases, except 2, originated from southern Ethiopia, whereas the other species were more evenly distributed across the study area. Most of the cysts belonging to E. equinus were fertile (111/163), while those of the other species were non-fertile. This is the first report of Echinococcus spp. in donkeys from sub-Saharan Africa and the first confirmation of E. equinus in East Africa. The frequent fertility of E. equinus cysts in donkeys affirms their suitability as intermediate hosts of this species, while low frequency and cyst fertility suggest a marginal role of donkeys in the transmission of E. granulosus s. s., E. canadensis (G6/7) and E. ortleppi

De astrologia divinatrice epistolae

D. Thomae Erasti, iam olim ab eodem ad diversos scriptae, & in duos libros digestae, ac nunc demum is gratiam veritatis studiosorum in lucem aeditae, opera & studio Ioannis Iacobi Grynaei ...Druckerzeichen, Zierinitiale

Theses de temperamentis philosophicae

Quas praeside cl. v. d.d. Thoma Erasto, divino favente auxilio, IIII. Non. Sept. tueri conabitur Marcus Morelotus Lotharingus, exercitii gratia hora locoque constitutisEinblattdruckEnthält 18 ThesenDisputatio med. Basel, 158

De lethargo theses

Ad quas, Praeside Clarissimo Viro D. Thoma Erasto, Philosopho & Medico, syn theō respondebit Heinricus Lavaterus Tigurinus, Ad VIII. diem Augusti, hora & loco consuetisEnthält 41 ThesenDisputatio med. Basel, 158

Theses has subsequentes de artis medicae definitione & divisione Praeside Viro Clariss. D.D. Thoma Erasto, syn Theō defendere conabitur M. Theophilus Maderus, A. D. VI. Kal. Sextil. hora & loco consuetis

Enthält 20 ThesenDisputatio med. Basel, 158

De vertigine theses

ad quas praeside clarissimo viro D.D. Thoma Erasto medico Deo iuvante respondebit Timotheus Maderus, XIII. Iulii, hora octava matutina in auditorio medicoEinblattdruckEnth. 17 ThesenDisputatio med. Basel, 158

Theses de sudore

agitandae XVI. die Novembris in Schola Medica inclutae Academiae Basiliensis / Quas moderatore CL.V.D.D. Thoma Erasto, asseret Hieronymus Reusnerus LeorinusEnth. 70 ThesenDisputatio med. Basel, 158