Methodology
Ethical approval, Consent and Research License
This research was approval by the Institutional Research and Ethics Committee of the Institute of Primate Research, Karen Kenya reference number (ISERC/01/2021).
Samples
Two sets of samples from three geographically distinct sites in Isiolo, Nairobi and Machakos that are 500 km apart were utilized in the present study. These included: (i) randomly collected camel samples from Isiolo and from Athi – River, Machakos County, and (ii) randomly collected animal samples from the veterinary clinics around Nairobi (cats, & dogs) and one veterinary clinic in Syokimau-Machakos County.