An African man tearing meat from the carcass of an animal: parasitic infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.

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[2000?]
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755674i
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An African man tearing meat from the carcass of an animal: parasitic infections in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Images below: a tick next to an image of infected meat (containing a hyatid cyst) being burnt; a cross next to an image of a dog feeding from infected meat

Hyatid cysts are caused by the tapeworm echinococcus granulosus. This parasite, which lives mainly in dogs, enters the body as larvae. This is likely to happen when handling an infected animal or eat food or drink water contaminated by its faeces. The larvae travel in the bloodstream and lodge in organs to form cysts. The liver is most commonly affected (70% of hydatid cysts form there), followed by the lungs, brain and bones. (Source: www.britishlivertrust.org.uk)

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[Kenya] : [publisher not identified], [2000?]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 58.4 x 45.7 cm

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Do not feed hyatid cysts to dogs. Burn them.

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ca. 2000 10/08/2011 Kenya UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 755674i

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