Outbreak of an Acute Aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the Causal Agent

Claudia Probst; Henry Njapau; Peter J Cotty

doi:10.1128/AEM.02370-06

Outbreak of an Acute Aflatoxicosis in Kenya in 2004: Identification of the Causal Agent

Claudia Probst, Henry Njapau, Peter J Cotty

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Abstract

Maize contaminated with aflatoxins has been implicated in deadly epidemics in Kenya three times since 1981, but the fungi contaminating the maize with aflatoxins have not been characterized. Here we associate the S strain of Aspergillus flavus with lethal aflatoxicoses that took more than 125 lives in 2004.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	2762-2764
Seitenumfang	3
Fachzeitschrift	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Jahrgang	73
Ausgabenummer	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02370-06
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - Apr. 2007

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Aflatoxicosis
Aflatoxin Vergiftung
Kenia
Kenya
Aspergillus
Mycotoxin
Mykotoxine

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