Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zimmerman, Dawn M. ; Hardgrove, Emily H. ; von Fricken, Michael E. ; Kamau, Joseph ; Chai, Daniel ; Mutura, Samson ; Kivali, Velma ; Hussein, Fatima ; Ambala, Peris ; Surmat, Andrea ; Maina, Joseph G. ; Knauf, Sascha
• Description:
  Human yaws has historically been endemic to Kenya, but current epidemiologic data are lacking. We report seroprevalence for Treponema pallidum antibodies in olive baboons (Papio anubis) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in Laikipia County, Kenya. Our results suggest endemicity of the yaws bacterium in monkeys, posing a possible zoonotic threat to humans.
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Bacterial Monkey Diseases Prevalence Primates Public Health Surveillance Seroepidemiologic Studies Treponema Pallidum Yaws
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(11):2147-2149
• Pubmed ID:
  31625860
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6810213
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f039a99432bc6b28e2e3166a6278c4e00e6c017609a34f23142b186f82690b56
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83007/cdc_83007_DS1.pdf
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