Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2016)

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

  • Andrea Rasche,
  • Muhammad Saqib,
  • Anne M. Liljander,
  • Set Bornstein,
  • Ali Zohaib,
  • Stefanie Renneker,
  • Katja Steinhagen,
  • Renate Wernery,
  • Mario Younan,
  • Ilona Gluecks,
  • Mosaad Hilali,
  • Bakri E. Musa,
  • Joerg Jores,
  • Ulrich Wernery,
  • Jan Felix Drexler,
  • Christian Drosten,
  • Victor Max Corman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160168
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 7
pp. 1249 – 1252

Abstract

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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.

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