Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rasche, Andrea ; Saqib, Muhammad ; Liljander, Anne M. ; Bornstein, Set ; Zohaib, Ali ; Renneker, Stefanie ; Steinhagen, Katja ; Wernery, Renate ; Younan, Mario ; Gluecks, Ilona ; Hilali, Mosaad ; Musa, Bakri E. ; Jores, Joerg ; Wernery, Ulrich ; Drexer, Jan Felix ; Drosten, Christian ; Corman, Victor Max
• Description:
  A new hepatitis E virus (HEV-7) was recently found in dromedaries and 1 human from the United Arab Emirates. We screened 2,438 dromedary samples from Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and 4 African countries. HEV-7 is long established, diversified and geographically widespread. Dromedaries may constitute a neglected source of zoonotic HEV infections.
• Subjects:
  Animals Camelus Dispatch Feces/virology Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus Phylogeny
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(7):1249-1252.
• Pubmed ID:
  27315454
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4918144
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Pakistan ; United Arab Emirates
• Location:
  Asia ; Middle East
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9e39f27f5659ddee765de6e3c46c573a9ab959115fdfc39d64eca4d07d88bf28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40202/cdc_40202_DS1.pdf
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