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.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology
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Camelus
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Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
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Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
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Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
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Coronavirus Infections* / virology
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DNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Female
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Humans
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Kenya / epidemiology
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Livestock / virology*
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Male
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus* / genetics
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus* / isolation & purification
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Zoonoses* / epidemiology
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Zoonoses* / transmission
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Zoonoses* / virology