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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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Infecciones por Coronavirus , ADN Viral/aislamiento & purificación , Ganado/virología , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio , Zoonosis , Adulto , Animales , Infecciones Asintomáticas/epidemiología , Camelus , Infecciones por Coronavirus/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/fisiopatología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/virología , Reservorios de Enfermedades/virología , Femenino , Humanos , Kenia/epidemiología , Masculino , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio/genética , Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio/aislamiento & purificación , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Zoonosis/epidemiología , Zoonosis/transmisión , Zoonosis/virologíaRESUMEN
We report the case of a 9-month-old male infant diagnosed in the field with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Use of innovative global positioning system tracking of pregnant pastoralist women allowed staff to find the mother, locate the infant and enroll the infant in care and treatment. Due to this innovative intervention of case finding and tracking, the infant was prevented from defaulting and completed his anti-TB regimen.