First Evidence of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Virus Circulation in Algeria (Sahrawi Territories): Outbreak Investigation and Virus Lineage Identification

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-222

  De Nardi, M ^a   Lamin Saleh, S M ^b   Batten, C ^c   Oura, C ^c   Di Nardo, A ^c   Rossi, D ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic   (Algeria)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algeria; Contingency plan; Lineage IV; Outbreak investigation; Peste des petits ruminants; Sahrawi

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MEASLES VIRUS; PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

BOVIDAE; MEASLES VIRUS; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 84859586800     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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