CHEMOTHERAPY OF EAST COAST FEVER: BUPARVAQUONE TREATMENT OF FIELD CASES OCCURRING IN KIKUYU AND LIMURU DIVISIONS OF KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA

摘要

Seventy-one naturally occurring cases of East Coast fever (ECF) were treated using buparvaquone and sixty recovered. Of the 11 that died, 5 were due to ECF complicated by anaplasmosis while 6 were plain ECF cases. Of the 60 that did not die, 50% recovered after treatment with a single dose of buparvaquone. In 30 (43.7%) of the cases, ECF occurred concurrently with anaplasmosis or babesiosis.