Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) outbreak in Tajikistan.
The occurrence of outbreaks of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in three districts of Tajikistan is described. The causal strain (PPR Tajikistan) was characterized and the sequence of its N gene was compared with that of 43 other strains isolated since 1968 in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The study demonstrated (1) the value of the N gene as a target in comparing isolates obtained over an extended period of evolution, and (2) that clustering was related to the geographical origin of strains.
Kwiatek
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CIRAD, Département EMVT, UPR15, FAO/OIE Reference Laboratory for Peste des Petits Ruminants, TA 30/G, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Minet
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Grillet
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Hurard
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Carlsson
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Karimov
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Albina
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Diallo
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Libeau
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D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D029021:Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D013620:Tajikistan / Q000453:epidemiology
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral