Table 1.
Concise description of the research papers that have reported the detection of the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in camels.
| Reference | Sampling Location | Species/Population Details | Sample Type | HEV Diagnostic Assay | Target Region (Molecular Test) | Number of Positives/Total | HEV Genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [23] | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | Dromedary camels | Stool | RT-PCR | ORF2 | 3/203 | 7 |
| [24] | China | Farmed Bactrian camels | Stool | RT-PCR | ORF2 | 3/205 | 8 |
| [25] | UAE, Somalia, Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan | Dromedary camels | Serum and stool | RT-PCR | RdRp | Serum: 12/2171 Stool: 5/267 | 7 |
| [43] | Ethiopia, Mongolia | Dromedary and Bactrian camels | Serum | RT-PCR | ORF1 | 0/98 | ND |
| [44] | Israel | Dromedary camels | Serum | RT-PCR | 0/86 | ND | |
| [45] | China | Bactrian camels | Milk and stool | RT-PCR | ORF1/ ORF2 | Milk: 0/20 Stool: 4/295 |
ND |
| [26] | Israel | Dromedary camels | Serum | RT-PCR | 1/142 | 7 | |
| [7] | Mongolia | Bactrian camels | Serum | RT-PCR | ORF2/ORF3 | 2/200 | 8 |
| [46] | Ethiopia | Bactrian camels | Stool | nRT-PCR | ORF1 | 1/45 | ND |
| [27] | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Djibouti | Dromedary camels | Serum | RT-PCR | RdRp | 21/1189 | 7 |
RT-PCR—Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; nRT-PCR—Nested Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; ORF—Open Reading Frame; RdRp—RNA-Dependent RNA-Polymerase; ND—not determined.