SEROSURVEY FOR MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY IN DROMEDARY CAMELS AND PATIENTS AT A SECONDARY CARE HOSPITAL, ILLELA, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA.
SEROSURVEY FOR MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY IN DROMEDARY CAMELS AND PATIENTS AT A SECONDARY CARE HOSPITAL, ILLELA, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA.
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2018-05
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SALAM, Samson Polycarp
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ABSTRACT Determining the seroprevalence of MERS-CoV in Illela will provide a baseline data to support the establishment of surveillance system for the infection, particularly within areas of Nigeria that border with North Africa and subsequently Middle Eastern countries which are the epicenter of the infection.
The study will provide information for monitoring and early detection of MERS-CoV in camels which serve as sentinels for early disease detection and possible response in other species of animals and human population.
The close interaction between humans with camels tends to predispose to several infectious diseases (Chantel et al., 2015; WHO, 2015). Handlers of camels virtually live and make contact with them daily with no precautions towards preventing zoonotic diseases. Other susceptible humans may as well interact with infected humans at the market, social gathering, hospitals and other functions thereby increasing the number of secondary cases from a primary case.
So far to the best of our knowledge, there is no available literature on MERS-CoV infection in camel and man from Illela. However, there have been few published works on MERS-CoV in camels within Nigeria; Chu et al. (2015) detected MERS-CoV RNA in 14 (11%) of 132 nasal swabs and antibody in 126 (96%) of 131 serum samples both collected from dromedary camels in Kano State. In another study by Reusken et al. (2014), high seroconversion (94%) to MERS-CoV from stored samples was reported in Nigerian camels (Kano, n=245; Sokoto, n=51; Borno, n=51; and Adamawa, n=11; N=358).
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA
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SEROSURVEY,, MIDDLE EAST,, RESPIRATORY SYNDROME,, CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY,, DROMEDARY CAMELS,, PATIENTS,, SECONDARY CARE HOSPITAL,, ILLELA,, SOKOTO STATE,, NIGERIA