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British Army in Nanyuki reports large diarrhoea outbreak
Some of it was caused by monkey-inhabiting germs previously reported only in China
In Summary
CONTROLLED: Defence CS Aden Duale when he visited British Army Training Unit in Nanyuki, Kenya
Image: ADEN DUALE/X
The British army in Kenya has reported a diarrhoea outbreak in Nanyuki camp that lasted three months
At least 172 people were affected by the outbreak.
The outbreak is the largest ever reported by the army globally.
It was partly traced to contaminated fresh water, collected from rivers, where the trainees swam in Nanyuki.
“All freshwater activity recreational sites were found to have evidence of faecal coliforms (bacteria),” the army said in a research paper.
Some of the germs could also have been picked from local restaurants.
Importantly, the army said it identified a subtype of a diarrhoea-causing parasite previously only found in farmed monkeys in China...
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British Army in Nanyuki reports large diarrhoea outbreak
Some of it was caused by monkey-inhabiting germs previously reported only in China
In Summary
- This outbreak in Nanyuki was the largest ever reported by the army globally
- They called for more genotypic surveillance to identify widening host and geographic ranges of the novel parasite originally reported in monkeys in China
CONTROLLED: Defence CS Aden Duale when he visited British Army Training Unit in Nanyuki, Kenya
Image: ADEN DUALE/X
The British army in Kenya has reported a diarrhoea outbreak in Nanyuki camp that lasted three months
At least 172 people were affected by the outbreak.
The outbreak is the largest ever reported by the army globally.
It was partly traced to contaminated fresh water, collected from rivers, where the trainees swam in Nanyuki.
“All freshwater activity recreational sites were found to have evidence of faecal coliforms (bacteria),” the army said in a research paper.
Some of the germs could also have been picked from local restaurants.
Importantly, the army said it identified a subtype of a diarrhoea-causing parasite previously only found in farmed monkeys in China...
British Army in Nanyuki reports large diarrhoea outbreak
Some of it was caused by monkey-inhabiting germs previously reported only in China