Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019

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 coro...

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Autores principales: Munyua, Peninah M., Ngere, Isaac, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Kochi, Adano, Amoth, Patrick, Mwasi, Lydia, Tong, Suxiang, Mwatondo, Athman, Thornburg, Natalie, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Njenga, M. Kariuki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33754992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204458
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author Munyua, Peninah M.
Ngere, Isaac
Hunsperger, Elizabeth
Kochi, Adano
Amoth, Patrick
Mwasi, Lydia
Tong, Suxiang
Mwatondo, Athman
Thornburg, Natalie
Widdowson, Marc-Alain
Njenga, M. Kariuki
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Ngere, Isaac
Hunsperger, Elizabeth
Kochi, Adano
Amoth, Patrick
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Mwatondo, Athman
Thornburg, Natalie
Widdowson, Marc-Alain
Njenga, M. Kariuki
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-80073152021-04-06 Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019 Munyua, Peninah M. Ngere, Isaac Hunsperger, Elizabeth Kochi, Adano Amoth, Patrick Mwasi, Lydia Tong, Suxiang Mwatondo, Athman Thornburg, Natalie Widdowson, Marc-Alain Njenga, M. Kariuki Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8007315/ /pubmed/33754992 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204458 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.
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Munyua, Peninah M.
Ngere, Isaac
Hunsperger, Elizabeth
Kochi, Adano
Amoth, Patrick
Mwasi, Lydia
Tong, Suxiang
Mwatondo, Athman
Thornburg, Natalie
Widdowson, Marc-Alain
Njenga, M. Kariuki
Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019
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title_fullStr Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019
title_full_unstemmed Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019
title_short Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019
title_sort low-level middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus among camel handlers, kenya, 2019
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33754992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204458
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