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Published on: February 20, 2015
PRESENCE OF CRYPTOCOCCUS SPECIES IN DOMESTIC CHICKEN (GALLUS GALLUS) DROPPINGS AND THE POSSIBLE RISK IT POSED TO
1Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844, Nairobi, Kenya.
Objective:
To isolate and identify Cryptococcus from domestic Chicken dropping.
Design:
cross sectional study.
Setting:
Kabigeriet village, Olenguorone Division, Nakuru county, approximately 282 km from Nairobi, Kenya.
Subjects:
Sixty four domestic chicken droppings were sampled in thirty two homesteads after obtaining the farmers consent.
Results:
Two species of Cryptococcus were isolated.
Conclusion:
Domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) harbor Pathogenic Cryptococcus in their dropping and their close proximity to human habitation poses a risk of AIDS to immunocompromised persons.
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