Hepatitis E virus infection in dromedaries, North and East Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, 1983-2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1249-1252

  Rasche, Andrea ^a   Saqib, Muhammad ^b   Liljander, Anne M ^c   Bornstein, Set ^d   Zohaib, Ali ^b   Renneker, Stefanie ^e   Steinhagen, Katja ^e   Wernery, Renate ^f   Younan, Mario ^g   Gluecks, Ilona ^g   Hilali, Mosaad ^h   Musa, Bakri E ⁱ   Jores, Joerg ^c,j   Wernery, Ulrich ^f   Drexer, Jan Felix ^a,k   Drosten, Christian ^a,k   Corman, Victor Max ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^f CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^g Kenya Programme   (Kenya)

^h CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; FECES; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; FECES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84974817870     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2207.160168     Document Type: Article

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