Neglected Hosts of Small Ruminant Morbillivirus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;24(12):2334-2337. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.180507.

Abstract

Eradication of small ruminant morbillivirus (PPRV) is targeted for 2030. PPRV lineage IV is found in much of Asia and Africa. We used PPRV lineage IV strain Kurdistan/2011 in transmission trials to investigate the role of pigs, wild boar, and small ruminants as PPRV reservoirs. Suids were a possible source of infection.

Keywords: Sus scrofa; emerging disease; experimental infection; morbillivirus; peste des petits ruminants virus; reservoir host; small ruminant morbillivirus; transmission; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Animal Diseases / immunology
  • Animal Diseases / virology*
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / immunology
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Goats
  • Host Specificity*
  • Morbillivirus / isolation & purification
  • Morbillivirus / physiology*
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Ruminants / virology*
  • Swine
  • Viral Tropism*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral