Figure 15

Map of Kenya Showing Surveillance Sites: Arthropod Vectors and Animal Hosts. Lieshmania major, a protozoan parasite causing zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, has been detected in Isiolo in the central part of Kenya and Lamu along the northern coast. The visceral leishmaniasis vectors, Phlebotomus orientalis, and P. martini were detected in Garissa in Kenya’s Northeast Province and in the Rift Valley village of Marigat respectively. Hantaviruses have been found in both Marigat and Garissa.