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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Dispatch

Low-Level Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Camel Handlers, Kenya, 2019

Peninah M. MunyuaComments to Author , Isaac Ngere, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Adano Kochi, Patrick Amoth, Lydia Mwasi, Suxiang Tong, Athman Mwatondo, Natalie Thornburg, Marc-Alain Widdowson12, and M. Kariuki Njenga1
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (P.M. Munyua, E. Hunsperger, M.A. Widdowson); University of Nairobi, Nairobi (I. Ngere); Washington State University, Nairobi (I. Ngere, M.K. Njenga);; County Government of Marsabit, Marsabit, Kenya (A. Kochi); Kenya Ministry of Health, Nairobi (P. Amoth, A. Mwatondo);; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi (L. Mwasi); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Tong, N. Thornburg)

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Table 2

Characteristics of persons with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Kenya, 2019

Case Age, y/sex Occupation No. household members in study No. of camels owned by household Enrollment date Diagnosis date Type of camel contact at time of positive sample
1 20/F Spouse to herder 11 37 2019 Jun 23 2019 Jul 31 Herding, milking, feeding, petting/playing, grooming, cleaning barn
2 49/M Herder 6 2 2019 May 21 2019 Aug 13 Herding, milking, feeding, grooming, cleaning barn, administering medications
3 22/M Herder 3 32 2018 May 2 2019 Sep 12 Herding, milking, feeding, grooming, cleaning barn, assisting in birth

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

2Current affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

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