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The high incidences of cryptococcal infections may be attributed to common environmental sources which, if identified, could lead to institution of appropriate control strategies. To determine the genotypes of <jats:italic>Cryptococcus gattii\/C. neoformans\u2010<\/jats:italic> species complex from Nairobi, Kenya, 123 clinical and environmental isolates were characterised. Typing was done using orotidine monophosphate pyrophosphorylase (<jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">URA<\/jats:styled-content>5<\/jats:italic>) gene restriction fragment length polymorphism (<jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">URA<\/jats:styled-content>5<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RFLP<\/jats:styled-content>). The majority of the isolates [105\/123; 85.4%] were <jats:italic>C. neoformans<\/jats:italic> genotype (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFLPI<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VNI<\/jats:styled-content>) and 1.6% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFLP<\/jats:styled-content>1A\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VNB<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VNII<\/jats:styled-content>, whereas (13%) were <jats:italic>C. gattii<\/jats:italic> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AFLP<\/jats:styled-content>4\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VGI<\/jats:styled-content>). 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