MERS-CoV Antibodies in Humans, Africa, 2013–2014
Humans, Antibodies, coronavirus, MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome, livestock keepers
Dromedaries in Africa and elsewhere carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To search for evidence of autochthonous MERS-CoV infection in humans, we tested archived serum from livestock handlers in Kenya for MERS-CoV antibodies. Serologic evidence of infection was confirmed for 2 persons sampled in 2013 and 2014.
Bernard Bett, Christian Drosten, Ian Njeru, Marcel A. Müller, Erik Lattwein, Victor Max Corman, Benjamin Meyer, Joerg Jores, Anne M. Liljander
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine