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

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, Jörg; Wernery, Ulrich; Drexer, Jan Felix; Drosten, Christian; Corman, Victor Max (2016). Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983-2015. Emerging infectious diseases, 22(7), pp. 1249-1252. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2207.160168

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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.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology

UniBE Contributor:

Jores, Jörg

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

1080-6040

Publisher:

U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pamela Schumacher

Date Deposited:

24 Jul 2017 13:07

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:03

Publisher DOI:

10.3201/eid2207.160168

PubMed ID:

27315454

Uncontrolled Keywords:

East Africa; HEV; Hepatitis E virus; North Africa; Pakistan; United Arab Emirates; dromedaries; viruses; zoonoses

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.96748

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/96748

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