TY - JOUR AU - Woo, Patrick C.Y. AU - Lau, Susanna K.P. AU - Teng, Jade L.L. AU - Tsang, Alan K. L. AU - Joseph, Marina AU - Wong, Emily Y.M. AU - Tang, Ying AU - Sivakumar, Saritha AU - Xie, Jun AU - Bai, Ru AU - Wernery, Renate AU - Wernery, Ulrich AU - Yuen, Kwok-Yung T1 - New Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Camels, the Middle East T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 6 SP - 1044 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In a molecular epidemiology study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in dromedaries in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, HEV was detected in fecal samples from 3 camels. Complete genome sequencing of 2 strains showed >20% overall nucleotide difference to known HEVs. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses revealed a previously unrecognized HEV genotype. KW - hepatitis E virus KW - dromedary camel KW - genotype KW - Middle East KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2006.140140 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/6/14-0140_article ER - End of Reference