Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Munyua, Peninah M. ; Ngere, Isaac ; Hunsperger, Elizabeth ; Kochi, Adano ; Amoth, Patrick ; Mwasi, Lydia ; Tong, Suxiang ; Mwatondo, Athman ; Thornburg, Natalie ; Widdowson, Marc-Alain ; Njenga, M. Kariuki
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Animals Asymptomatic Infections Camelus Coronavirus Infections Disease Reservoirs DNA, Viral Female Humans Livestock Male Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seroepidemiologic Studies Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(4):1201-1205
• Pubmed ID:
  33754992
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8007315
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01GH002143/ACL/ACL HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6591709fbc9d13d520736fa59ef662fac3eedb281f4dbd9c36c1272acedaf26e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104874/cdc_104874_DS1.pdf
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