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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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume27
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)1201-1205
Number of pages5
ISSN1080-6040
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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