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 constitute a neglected source of zoonotic HEV infections.
Andrea
A
Rasche
Muhammad
M
Saqib
Anne M
AM
Liljander
Set
S
Bornstein
Ali
A
Zohaib
Stefanie
S
Renneker
Katja
K
Steinhagen
Renate
R
Wernery
Mario
M
Younan
Ilona
I
Gluecks
Mosaad
M
Hilali
Bakri E
BE
Musa
Joerg
J
Jores
Ulrich
U
Wernery
Jan Felix
JF
Drexler
Christian
C
Drosten
Victor Max
VM
Corman
D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology
East Africa; HEV; Hepatitis E virus; North Africa; Pakistan; United Arab Emirates; dromedaries; viruses; zoonoses