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  • Low-Level Middle East Respi...
    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

    Emerging infectious diseases, 04/2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 4
    Journal Article

    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.