title: Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) outbreak in Tajikistan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kwiatek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Minet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grillet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hurard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karimov
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Libeau
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral