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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27315454
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160168
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Sumario: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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