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

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...

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190716
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Sumario: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.

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