1. New Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Camels, the Middle East.
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Woo, Patrick C. Y., Lau, Susanna K. P., Teng, Jade L. L., Tsang, Alan K. L., Joseph, Marina, Wong, Emily Y. M., Tang, Ying, Sivakumar, Saritha, Xie, Jun, Bai, Ru, Wernery, Renate, Wernery, Ulrich, and Yuen, Kwok-Yung
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HEPATITIS E virus ,CAMEL diseases ,MOLECULAR epidemiology ,HEPATITIS E ,COMPARATIVE genomics - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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