Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0201-6en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1573-7438en
cg.issueS1en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAGRI-HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriEMERGING DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.volume44en
dc.contributor.authorKang'ethe, Erastus K.en
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, B.en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorMbae, C.en
dc.contributor.authorMulinge, E.en
dc.contributor.authorMonda, J.en
dc.contributor.authorNyongesa, C.en
dc.contributor.authorAmbia, J.en
dc.contributor.authorNjehu, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T20:01:12Zen
dc.date.available2012-08-24T20:01:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/21696
dc.titlePrevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractThis paper reports a study estimating the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in people and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi. A repeated cross-sectional survey was carried out among randomly selected cattle keepers in Dagoretti, their dairy cattle and their non-cattle-keeping neighbours in the dry and wet seasons of 2006. A survey was also carried out among a group of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Faecal samples were examined for Cryptosporidium oocysts using the modified Ziehl–Neelsen method; 16 % of the samples were also examined using immunofluorescence antibody (IFA) technique. Quality control consisted of blind reviews of slides, examining split samples and confirming slide results with IFA. We found that members of dairy households had a dry season cryptosporidiosis prevalence of 4 % and wet season prevalence of 0.3 %, and non-dairy households, a prevalence of 5 and 0 %, respectively. The cattle dry season prevalence was 15 %, and the wet season prevalence, 11 %. The prevalence in people living with HIV was 5 %. The laboratory quality control system showed some inconsistency within and between different tests, indicating challenges in obtaining consistent results under difficult field and working conditions. In conclusion, this is the first reported study to simultaneously survey livestock, livestock keepers and their neighbours for cryptosporidiosis. We failed to find evidence that zoonotic cryptosporidiosis is important overall in this community. This study also draws attention to the importance of quality control and its reporting in surveys in developing countries.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2012-08-10
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKang'ethe, E., McDermott, B., Grace, D., Mbae, C., Mulinge, E., Monda, J., Nyongesa, C., Ambia, J. and Njehu, A. 2012. Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production 44(Suppl 1): S11-S16.en
dcterms.extentpp. 11-16en
dcterms.issued2012-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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