PRESENCE OF CRYPTOCOCCUS SPECIES IN DOMESTIC CHICKEN (GALLUS GALLUS) DROPPINGS AND THE POSSIBLE RISK IT POSED TO HUMANS IN KABIGERIET VILLAGE, NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA.

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East African medical journal Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI:10.4314/EAMJ.V90I6

E. K. Kemoi, P. Okemo, Christine C Bii

引用次数: 8

Abstract

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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肯尼亚纳库鲁县kabigeriet村家鸡(gallus gallus)粪便中隐球菌种类的存在及其对人类可能构成的风险

目的分离鉴定家鸡粪便中隐球菌。设计横断面研究。纳库鲁县Olenguorone区kabigeriet村，距肯尼亚内罗毕约282公里。目的:在征得农户同意后，对32个鸡舍的64块鸡粪进行抽样调查。结果分离到两种隐球菌。结论家鸡(Gallus Gallus)粪便中携带致病性隐球菌，且与人类居住环境接近，对免疫功能低下者有感染艾滋病的危险。

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East African medical journal Medicine-Medicine (all)

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