Global distribution of peste des petits ruminants virus and prospects for improved diagnosis and control

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2885-2897

  Banyard, Ashley C ^a,b   Parida, Satya ^a   Batten, Carrie ^a   Oura, Chris ^a   Kwiatek, Olivier ^c   Libeau, Genevieve ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; DISEASE CONTROL; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 78650059822     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.025841-0     Document Type: Review

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