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.
Coronavirus Infections , DNA, Viral/isolation & purification , Livestock/virology , Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus , Zoonoses , Adult , Animals , Asymptomatic Infections/epidemiology , Camelus , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Disease Reservoirs/virology , Female , Humans , Kenya/epidemiology , Male , Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus/genetics , Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus/isolation & purification , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Zoonoses/epidemiology , Zoonoses/transmission , Zoonoses/virology
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.
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Tuberculosis/drug therapy , Female , Health Services Accessibility , Humans , Infant , Kenya , Male , Mobile Health Units , Pregnancy , Treatment Outcome , Tuberculosis/diagnosis
