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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0201-6en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1573-7438en_US
cg.issueS1en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRI-HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriEMERGING DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.volume44en_US
dc.contributor.authorKang'ethe, Erastus K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMbae, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMulinge, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMonda, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNyongesa, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAmbia, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNjehu, A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T20:01:12Zen_US
dc.date.available2012-08-24T20:01:12Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/21696en_US
dc.titlePrevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenyaen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2012-08-10en_US
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_US
dcterms.extentpp. 11-16en_US
dcterms.issued2012-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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