B. W. Lawson

Strongylid Nematode Infections of Humans, Ruminants and Pigs in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana

C. A. Ahiabor & B. W. Lawson · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

Aim: Human Oesophagostomum infections are considered zoonotic. In Ghana, the human infections are known to be focally distributed in the north-eastern parts of the Northern and the Upper East regions. Factors involved in the distribution of the human infection are not clear. It i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/15445

Oesophagostomum and Other Strongylid Nematode Infections in Ruminants and Pigs in the Upper East Region of Ghana

C. A. Ahiabor, B. W. Lawson & A. M. Polderman · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2015

Oesophagostomum species are strongylid nematode parasites of monkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, camels and antelopes. Human infections were considered zoonotic. Studies in the north-eastern parts of Ghana suggested that the human infections might be common but focally distribut...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/15444