Low-level Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among camel handlers, Kenya, 2019

Peninah M Munyua; Isaac Ngere; Elizabeth Hunsperger; Adano Kochi; Patrick Amoth; Lydia Mwasi; Suxiang Tong; Athman Mwatondo; Natalie Thornburg; Marc-Alain Widdowson; M Kariuki Njenga

doi:10.3201/eid2704.204458

Low-level Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among camel handlers, Kenya, 2019

Peninah M Munyua, Isaac Ngere, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Adano Kochi, Patrick Amoth, Lydia Mwasi, Suxiang Tong, Athman Mwatondo, Natalie Thornburg, Marc-Alain Widdowson, M Kariuki Njenga

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Although seroprevalence of Middle East respiratory coronavirus syndrome is high among camels in Africa, researchers have not detected zoonotic transmission in Kenya. We followed a cohort of 262 camel handlers in Kenya during April 2018-March 2020. We report PCR-confirmed Middle East respiratory coronavirus syndrome in 3 asymptomatic handlers.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	27
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	1201-1205
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204458
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Low-level Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among camel handlers, Kenya, 2019

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