• DOI:10.1289/ehp.7998
Corpus ID: 14085297

Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya

@article{Lewis2005AflatoxinCO,
  title={Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya},
  author={L. Lewis and M. Onsongo and H. Njapau and H. Schurz-Rogers and G. Luber and S. Kieszak and J. Nyamongo and L. Backer and A. Dahiye and A. Misore and K. Decock and C. Rubin},
  journal={Environmental Health Perspectives},
  year={2005},
  volume={113},
  pages={1763 - 1767}
}

• L. Lewis, M. Onsongo, +9 authors C. Rubin
• Published 2005
• Biology, Medicine
• Environmental Health Perspectives

In April 2004, one of the largest aflatoxicosis outbreaks occurred in rural Kenya, resulting in 317 cases and 125 deaths. Aflatoxin-contaminated homegrown maize was the source of the outbreak, but the extent of regional contamination and status of maize in commercial markets (market maize) were unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the extent of market maize contamination and evaluate the relationship between market maize aflatoxin and the aflatoxicosis outbreak. We surveyed… Expand

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