TY - JOUR AU - Rasche, Andrea AU - Saqib, Muhammad AU - Liljander, Anne AU - Bornstein, Set AU - Zohaib, Ali AU - Renneker, Stefanie AU - Steinhagen, Katja AU - Wernery, Renate AU - Younan, Mario AU - Gluecks, Ilona AU - Hilali, Mosaad AU - Musa, Bakri AU - Jores, Joerg AU - Wernery, Ulrich AU - Drexler, Jan Felix AU - Drosten, Christian AU - Corman, Victor Max T1 - Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 7 SP - 1249 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Hepatitis E virus KW - viruses KW - camels KW - North Africa KW - East Africa KW - Pakistan KW - United Arab Emirates KW - zoonoses KW - HEV KW - dromedaries DO - 10.3201/eid2207.160168 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/16-0168_article ER - End of Reference