Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa

Fernandez Aguilar, X; Mahapatra, M; Begovoeva, M; Kalema-Zikusoka, G; Driciru, M; Ayebazibwe, C; Adwok, D S; Kock, M; Lukusa, J-P K; Muro, J; Marco, I; Colom-Cadena, A; Espunyes, J; Meunier, N; Cabezón, O; Caron, A; Bataille, A; Libeau, G; Parekh, K; Parida, S; Kock, R A

Abstract

In the recent past, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) emerged in East Africa causing outbreaks in small livestock across different countries, with evidences of spillover to wildlife. In order to understand better PPR at the wildlife–livestock interface, we investigated patterns of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) exposure, disease outbreaks, and viral sequences in the northern Albertine Rift. PPRV antibodies indicated a widespread exposure in apparently healthy wildlife from South Sudan (2013) and Uganda (2015, 2017). African buffaloes and Uganda kobs

Citation

Fernandez Aguilar, X., Mahapatra, M., Begovoeva, M., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Driciru, M., Ayebazibwe, C., …Kock, R. A. (2020). Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa. Viruses, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030293

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 21, 2020
• Publication Date: Mar 7, 2020
• Deposit Date: Mar 10, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 26, 2020
• Journal: Viruses
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030293
• Public URL: https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1378261