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.