MERS-CoV Antibodies in Humans, Africa, 2013–2014
subject: Humans, Antibodies, coronavirus, MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome, livestock keepers
description: 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.
creator: Bernard Bett, Christian Drosten, Ian Njeru, Marcel A. Müller, Erik Lattwein, Victor Max Corman, Benjamin Meyer, Joerg Jores, Anne M. Liljander
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2016
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid2206.160064
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine