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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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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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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
author_facet Zimmerman, Dawn M.
Hardgrove, Emily H.
von Fricken, Michael E.
Kamau, Joseph
Chai, Daniel
Mutura, Samson
Kivali, Velma
Hussein, Fatima
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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.
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spelling pubmed-68102132019-11-01 Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6810213/ /pubmed/31625860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190716 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
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
Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title_full Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title_fullStr Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title_short Endemicity of Yaws and Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates, Kenya
title_sort endemicity of yaws and seroprevalence of treponema pallidum antibodies in nonhuman primates, kenya
topic Research Letter
url 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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