Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Camels and Probable Spillover Infection to Humans in Kenya

The majority of Kenya’s > 3 million camels have antibodies against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), although human infection in Africa is rare. We enrolled 243 camels aged 0–24 months from 33 homesteads in Northern Kenya and followed them between April 2018 to March 2020....

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Published in:	Viruses
Main Authors:	Isaac Ngere, Elizabeth A. Hunsperger, Suxiang Tong, Julius Oyugi, Walter Jaoko, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Natalie J. Thornburg, Harry Oyas, Mathew Muturi, Eric M. Osoro, John Gachohi, Cynthia Ombok, Jeanette Dawa, Ying Tao, Jing Zhang, Lydia Mwasi, Caroline Ochieng, Athman Mwatondo, Boku Bodha, Daniel Langat, Amy Herman-Roloff, M. Kariuki Njenga, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Peninah M. Munyua
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus zoonosis spillover events MERS-CoV epidemiology Horn of Africa
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/8/1743