Macpherson C N
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1981;75(5):680-1. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(81)90147-4.
Dracontiasis has been previously reported in southern Sudan, northern Uganda and north-west Eritrea but this is the first report of autochthonous cases in Turkana, Kenya. Five Turkana tribesmen, three females from the same family, one young boy and an adult male were being treated for guinea-worm at the dispensary in Lokichogio, northern Turkana District. The three women had recently returned from southern Sudan, where the disease is endemic, but the two male tribesmen had only lived in and around the Lokichogio region. The methods used in obtaining water from water-holes dug in dry river beds provide an ideal situation for Dracunculus transmission amongst the tribesmen; this parasite may therefore become a problem in this remote impoverished area.
麦地那龙线虫病此前已在苏丹南部、乌干达北部和厄立特里亚西北部有过报道，但这是肯尼亚图尔卡纳地区本土病例的首次报告。五名图尔卡纳部落男子，三名来自同一家庭的女性、一名小男孩和一名成年男性，正在图尔卡纳北区洛基乔吉奥的诊疗所接受几内亚龙线虫病治疗。这三名女性最近刚从该病流行的苏丹南部返回，但另外两名男性部落男子仅生活在洛基乔吉奥地区及其周边。从干涸河床挖掘的水坑取水的方式为龙线虫在部落男子中传播提供了理想条件；因此，这种寄生虫可能会在这个偏远贫困地区成为一个问题。
