title: Prevalence, distribution, and host range of Peste des petits ruminants virus, Turkey.
abstract: Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV, genus Morbillivirus), which causes a severe disease in sheep and goats, has only recently been officially declared to be present in Turkey. We carried out a study to determine the prevalence, distribution, and host range of PPRV in Turkey. A total of 1,607 animals, reared in 18 different locations, were monitored for the presence of antibodies to PPRV and the related virus of large ruminants, Rinderpest virus (RPV). Only two farms had animals that were free of antibody responses to either disease. Prevalence for PPRV infection varied (range 0.87%-82.6%) and was higher in sheep (29.2%) than in goats (20%). The overall antibody responses to PPRV and RPV were 22.4% and 6.28%, respectively. Two PPRVs of lineage 4, which comprises many other PPRVs whose origins are in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia, were isolated from Turkish sheep.
authors.affiliation: Ankara University, Turkey. Aykut.Ozkul@veterinary.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Aykut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkul
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karaoglu
authors.forename: Seval Bilge
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dagalp
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Kadir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yesilbag
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cokcaliskan
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gencay
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burgu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology; D029021:Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012698:Serologic Tests; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral