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