Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a recently identified virus causing severe viral respiratory illness in people. Little is known about the reservoir in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, where no human MERS cases have been reported, our survey of 335 dromedary camels, representi...

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Autores principales: Deem, Sharon L., Fèvre, Eric M., Kinnaird, Margaret, Browne, A. Springer, Muloi, Dishon, Godeke, Gert-Jan, Koopmans, Marion, Reusken, Chantal B.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140125
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author Deem, Sharon L.
Fèvre, Eric M.
Kinnaird, Margaret
Browne, A. Springer
Muloi, Dishon
Godeke, Gert-Jan
Koopmans, Marion
Reusken, Chantal B.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
Kinnaird, Margaret
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Muloi, Dishon
Godeke, Gert-Jan
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description Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a recently identified virus causing severe viral respiratory illness in people. Little is known about the reservoir in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, where no human MERS cases have been reported, our survey of 335 dromedary camels, representing nine herds in Laikipia County, showed a high seroprevalence (46.9%) to MERS-CoV antibodies. Between herd differences were present (14.3%– 82.9%), but was not related to management type or herd isolation. Further research should focus on identifying similarity between MERS-CoV viral isolates in Kenya and clinical isolates from the Middle East and elsewhere.
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spelling pubmed-46087772015-10-29 Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya Deem, Sharon L. Fèvre, Eric M. Kinnaird, Margaret Browne, A. Springer Muloi, Dishon Godeke, Gert-Jan Koopmans, Marion Reusken, Chantal B. PLoS One Research Article Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a recently identified virus causing severe viral respiratory illness in people. Little is known about the reservoir in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, where no human MERS cases have been reported, our survey of 335 dromedary camels, representing nine herds in Laikipia County, showed a high seroprevalence (46.9%) to MERS-CoV antibodies. Between herd differences were present (14.3%– 82.9%), but was not related to management type or herd isolation. Further research should focus on identifying similarity between MERS-CoV viral isolates in Kenya and clinical isolates from the Middle East and elsewhere. Public Library of Science 2015-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4608777/ /pubmed/26473733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140125 Text en © 2015 Deem et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Deem, Sharon L.
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Kinnaird, Margaret
Browne, A. Springer
Muloi, Dishon
Godeke, Gert-Jan
Koopmans, Marion
Reusken, Chantal B.
Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title_full Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title_fullStr Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title_short Serological Evidence of MERS-CoV Antibodies in Dromedary Camels (Camelus dromedaries) in Laikipia County, Kenya
title_sort serological evidence of mers-cov antibodies in dromedary camels (camelus dromedaries) in laikipia county, kenya
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140125
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