Genetic characterization of peste des petits ruminants virus, Sierra Leone

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-194

  Munir, Muhammad ^a   Zohari, Siamak ^a,b   Suluku, Roland ^c   le Blanc, Neil ^b   Kanu, Saidu ^c   Sankoh, Francis A R ^d   Berg, Mikael ^a   Barrie, Mohamed L ^e   Ståhl, Karl ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^d Forestry and Food Security   (Sierra Leone)

^e Teko Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA; LETTER; LIBERIA; LIVESTOCK; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMALS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84856581155     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.111304     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Shaila MS, Shamaki D, Forsyth MA, Diallo A, Goatley L, Kitching RP, et al. Geographic distribution of peste des petits ruminants viruses. Virus Res. 1996;43:149-53. doi:10.1016/0168-1702(96)01312-3
2. Banyard AC, Parida S, Batten C, Oura C, Kwiatek O, Libeau G. Global distribution of peste des petits ruminants virus and prospects for improved diagnosis and control. J Gen Virol. 2010;91:2885-97. doi:10.1099/vir.0.025841-0
3. Libeau G, Prehaud C, Lancelot R, Colas F, Guerre L, Bishop DHL, et al. Development of a competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to the peste des petits ruminants virus using a recombinant nucleoprotein. Res Vet Sci. 1995;58:50-5. doi:10.1016/0034-5288(95)90088-8
4. Michaud V, Gil P, Kwiatek O, Prome S, Dixon L, Romero L, et al. Long-term storage at tropical temperature of dried blood filter papers for detection and genotyping of RNA and DNA viruses by direct PCR. J Virol Methods. 2007;146:257-65. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.07.006
5. Munir M, Zohari S, Saeed A, Khan QM, Abubakar M, LeBlanc N, et al. Detection and phylogenetic analysis of peste despetits ruminants virus isolated from outbreaks in Punjab, Pakistan. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2011 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print].
6. Kwiatek O, Keita D, Gil P, Fernández-Pinero J, Jimenez Clavero MA, Albina E, et al. Quantitative one-step real-time RT-PCR for the fast detection of the four genotypes of PPRV. J Virol Methods. 2010;165:168-77. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.01.014
7. Couacy-Hymann E, Roger F, Hurard C, Guillou JP, Libeau G, Diallo A. Rapid and sensitive detection of peste des petits ruminants virus by a polymerase chain reaction assay. J Virol Methods. 2002;100:17-25. doi:10.1016/S0166-0934(01)00386-X