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Emerg Infect Dis . Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019

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  • Emerg Infect Dis . Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019


    Emerg Infect Dis


    . 2021;27(4):1201-1205.
    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

    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.

    Keywords: Kenya; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; asymptomatic; camels; humans; infections; viral zoonoses; viruses; zoonoses.

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