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A Systematic Review of Hepatitis E Virus Detection in Camels
Santos-Silva, S; Hemnani, M; Lopez-Lopez, P; Gonçalves, HMR; Rivero-Juarez, A; van der Poel, WHM; Nascimento, MSJ; Mesquita, JRSimple Summary: Acute hepatitis, which is a rising public health issue globally, is mostly caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). There is a potential risk of camel-borne zoonotic HEV infection in the desert regions of the Middle East and Africa, where camels frequently interact with human populations and camel-derived food products constitute a component of the food chain. To better understand the current stat...
Short communication: detection and molecular characterization of hepatitis E vi...
Mesquita, JR; Istrate, C; Santos-Ferreira, NL; Ferreira, AS; Abreu-Silva, J; Veiga, J; van der Poel, WHM; Nascimento, MSJAs in most of the African continent, the status of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in domestic animals in São Tomé and Príncipe, an archipelago off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, is also completely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the presence of HEV among domestic animals in São Tomé and Príncipe. A total of 93 stool samples from different animal species (goat, cow, pig, chicke...