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

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 con...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 1249 - 1252
Main Authors: 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, Drexler, Jan Felix, Drosten, Christian, Corman, Victor Max
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2016
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:
Africa - epidemiology
Animals
camels
Camelus - blood
Camelus - virology
Dispatch
East Africa
Feces - virology
Food contamination
Health aspects
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E - blood
Hepatitis E - epidemiology
Hepatitis E - veterinary
Hepatitis E - virology
Hepatitis E virus
Hepatitis E virus - genetics
Hepatitis E virus - isolation & purification
Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983–2015
Infection
North Africa
Pakistan
Pakistan - epidemiology
Phylogeny
United Arab Emirates - epidemiology
viruses
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
Kenya
Germany
viruses
Pakistan
dromedaries
HEV
zoonoses
North Africa
United Arab Emirates
East Africa
Hepatitis E virus
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2207.160168