| How to cite this article: Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Contamination of Cryptococcus spp. in bird dungs collected from public yard in Bangkok. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2013;6:689-90 |
| How to cite this URL: Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Contamination of Cryptococcus spp. in bird dungs collected from public yard in Bangkok. Ann Trop Med Public Health [serial online] 2013 [cited 2021 Mar 4];6:689-90. Available from: https://www.atmph.org/text.asp?2013/6/6/689/140279 |
Dear Sir,
The zoonosis from bird is the present worldwide consideration. In fact, birds live around us and if there is no proper control of the bird, the new emerging diseases from bird can be expected. Apart from the present well-known bird flu virus, there are many diseases that the bird takes important role in disease transmission. An important disease is a fungal infection namely Cryptococcosis. [1] In this short report, the authors share the experience on survey of contamination of Cryptococcus spp. in bird dungs collected from public yard in Bangkok. The authors collected bird dungs from 13 public yards around Bangkok (20 samples from each yards) and sent it to the standard clinical microscopic laboratory for identification for the existence of Cryptococcus spp. in the samples. Of interest, the positive samples can be seen in all public yards. This report confirms the importance of public health concern for control of birds. In fact, the similar high rate of contamination of Cryptococcus spp. in bird dung was reported in many publications around the world. [2],[3] The health education is required for general population to raise awareness for avoidance bird and bird’s dung contact.
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| 1. | Rosario I, Acosta B, Colom MF. Pigeons and other birds as a reservoir for Cryptococcus spp. [Article in Spanish].Rev Iberoam Micol 2008;25:S13-8. |
| 2. | Cermeño JR, Hernández I, Cabello I, Orellán Y, Cermeño JJ, Albornoz R, et al. Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasmacapsulatum in dove′s (Columbia livia) excreta in Bolívar state, Venezuela. Rev Latinoam Microbiol 2006;48:6-9. |
| 3. | Chae HS, Park GN, Kim SH, Jo HJ, Kim JT, Jeoung HY, et al. Rapid direct identification of Cryptococcus neoformans from pigeon droppings by nested PCR using CNLAC1 gene. Poult Sci 2012;91:1983-9. |
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.140279
