本文报告了在肯尼亚的人粪中首次发现牛血吸虫卵。在肯尼亚牛感染牛血吸虫很普遍,且在当地居民用水中经常发现牛血吸虫尾蚴。虽在乌干达、津巴布韦和南非曾有人类感染牛血吸虫的报告,但在肯尼亚却未曾发现过。作者是在离内罗毕东南约100公里处叫做Mwea的曼氏血吸虫病的流行区进行观察的。肯尼亚医学研究所在当地有一个控制血吸虫病的研究项目,1984年4月至6月用Kato厚涂片法对4 000名居民作粪检时,曾怀疑一个家庭的数个成员感染牛血吸 This article reports the first discovery of bovine schistosome eggs in human excrement in Kenya. Cattle schistosome infections are common in cattle in Kenya, and cercaria larvae are often found in the water of locals. Although there have been reports of human infection of bovine schistosomes in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa, they have not been found in Kenya. The authors observed the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni, called Mwea, about 100 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. The Kenyan Medical Institute has a locally controlled research project on schistosomiasis. When a stool test of 4,000 residents from April to June 1984 was conducted using the Kato smear method, several members of a family family were suspected of being infected with bovine blood