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A cross-sectional study on the microbiological quality and safety of raw chicken meats sold in Nairobi, Kenya

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, September 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#21 of 4,378)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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Title
A cross-sectional study on the microbiological quality and safety of raw chicken meats sold in Nairobi, Kenya
Published in
BMC Research Notes, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-0500-7-627
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Authors

Joyce Arua Odwar, Gideon Kikuvi, James Ngumo Kariuki, Samuel Kariuki

Abstract

Chicken is a rich source of meat protein and is increasingly being consumed in urban areas in Kenya. However, under poor hygienic environment, raw chicken meat presents an ideal substrate supporting the growth of pathogenic Escherichia coli and Coliform bacteria indicating the potential presence of other pathogenic bacteria; this may constitute a major source of food-borne illnesses in humans. This study sought to assess the microbiological quality and safety of raw chicken meat sold in Nairobi, Kenya by determining the E. coli/coliform contamination levels as well as the antimicrobial resistance patterns and pathogenicity of E. coli isolated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Kenya 1 <1%
Unknown 181 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 46 25%
Researcher 18 10%
Student > Bachelor 18 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 8%
Lecturer 8 4%
Other 20 11%
Unknown 57 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 51 28%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 14 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 13 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 5%
Other 21 12%
Unknown 61 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 134. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 May 2023.
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#290,788
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#21
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#2,640
of 243,565 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#2
of 153 outputs
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