id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-002102-0zbp3uqf Rasche, Andrea Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983–2015 2016-07-17 .txt text/plain 1697 106 54 title: 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. Recently, HEV sequences were reported from 3 dromedaries sampled in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013 and were classified as a new orthohepevirus A genotype, HEV-7 (2, 3) . To determine the geographic distribution of HEV-7, we conducted a geographically comprehensive study of HEV-7 prevalence in dromedaries by testing 2,438 specimens sampled in 6 countries during the past 3 decades. Serum and fecal samples were collected from dromedary camels in the UAE, Somalia, Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan during 1983-2015 (5-7). Detections of HEV-7 RNA in feces in this and a previous study (2) point at feces or feces-contaminated camel products, such as milk, as putative additional sources of human infection. ./cache/cord-002102-0zbp3uqf.txt ./txt/cord-002102-0zbp3uqf.txt