Date: Friday 11 March 2022 Tanzanian health authorities said on Wednesday [9 Mar 2022] the government is on high alert over the reported outbreak of yellow fever in neighboring Kenya. Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, said the ministry has reinforced checks...
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Date: Friday 11 March 2022 Tanzanian health authorities said on Wednesday [9 Mar 2022] the government is on high alert over the reported outbreak of yellow fever in neighboring Kenya. Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, said the ministry has reinforced checks...
National Institute for Communicable Diseases Communique September 2014
Gnathostomiasis
Gnathostomiasis Gnathostomiasis is caused by invading larvae of roundworm parasites of Gnathostoma species (see http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/gnathostoma/). These parasites have a complicated life cycle involving a variety of mammal and other hosts, including snakes,...
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