TY - JOUR
T1 - Low-level Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among camel handlers, Kenya, 2019
AU - Munyua, Peninah M
AU - Ngere, Isaac
AU - Hunsperger, Elizabeth
AU - Kochi, Adano
AU - Amoth, Patrick
AU - Mwasi, Lydia
AU - Tong, Suxiang
AU - Mwatondo, Athman
AU - Thornburg, Natalie
AU - Widdowson, Marc-Alain
AU - Njenga, M Kariuki
N1 - FTX; DOAJ; (CC BY 4.0); No ITM affiliation
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000648685000001
U2 - 10.3201/eid2704.204458
DO - 10.3201/eid2704.204458
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 33754992
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 27
SP - 1201
EP - 1205
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 4
ER -