title: Detection of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV) Genome from Nasal Swabs of Dogs.
abstract: Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) one of the most important viruses of small ruminants has a restricted host range. We report here the presence of PPRV virus in the nasal swabs of 3 out of 12 dogs in a routine microarray screening. The presence of PPRV sequence was further confirmed by PCR and sequencing. The sequence analysis revealed that the PPRV virus has close similarities with the viruses present in Indian subcontinent but was not identical to the vaccine virus used in India. Results suggest possible crossing of species barrier but requires further serological evidences.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, 243122, India.
authors.forename: Barkha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ratta
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, 243122, India.
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pokhriyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandary, DUVASU, Mathura, 281001, UP, India.
authors.forename: Shanker K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, 243122, India.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, 243122, India.
authors.forename: Meeta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, 243122, India. bhaskar@ivri.res.in.
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007194:India; D009666:Nose / Q000821:virology*; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*