Peste des petits ruminants virus infection of small ruminants: a comprehensive review

N Kumar, S Maherchandani, SK Kashyap, SV Singh… - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is caused by a Morbillivirus that belongs to the family
Paramyxoviridae. PPR is an acute, highly contagious and fatal disease primarily affecting …

The threat of peste des petits ruminants: progress in vaccine development for disease control

A Diallo, C Minet, C Le Goff, G Berhe, E Albina… - Vaccine, 2007 - Elsevier
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious animal disease caused by a virus in
the genus Morbillivirus, family Paramyxoviridae. This infection is responsible for high …

[HTML][HTML] Asian lineage of peste des petits ruminants virus, Africa

O Kwiatek, YH Ali, IK Saeed, AI Khalafalla… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interest in peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) has been stimulated by recent changes in
its host and geographic distribution. For this study, biological specimens were collected from …

Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for the detection and characterisation of rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants viruses for epidemiological studies

MA Forsyth, T Barrett - Virus research, 1995 - Elsevier
The high sequence variability found in RNA viruses makes it difficult to design primers for
reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification which will be certain to work …

Evolutionary genetics underlying the spread of peste des petits ruminants virus

G Libeau, A Diallo, S Parida - Animal Frontiers, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) constitutes one of the major hurdles to the improvement of
small-ruminant production in countries where it is endemic, directly affecting the poor, the …

Observation of measles virus cell-to-cell spread in astrocytoma cells by using a green fluorescent protein-expressing recombinant virus

WP Duprex, S McQuaid, L Hangartner… - Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A recombinant measles virus (MV) which expresses enhanced green
fluorescent protein (EGFP) has been rescued. This virus, MVeGFP, expresses the reporter …

Marburg virus, a filovirus: messenger RNAs, gene order, and regulatory elements of the replication cycle

H Feldmann, E Mühlberger, A Randolf, C Will, MP Kiley… - Virus research, 1992 - Elsevier
The genome of Marburg virus (MBG), a filovirus, is 19.1 kb in length and thus the largest one
found with negative-strand RNA viruses. The gene order—3'untranslated region-NP-VP35 …

A real time RT-PCR assay for the specific detection of Peste des petits ruminants virus

CA Batten, AC Banyard, DP King, MR Henstock… - Journal of virological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a devastating disease of small ruminants
present across much of Africa and Asia. Recent surveillance activities and phylogenetic …

Early events following experimental infection with peste-des-petits ruminants virus suggest immune cell targeting

RA Pope, S Parida, D Bailey, J Brownlie, T Barrett… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Peste-des-petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is a viral pathogen that causes a devastating
plague of small ruminants. PPRV is an economically significant disease that continues to be …

Phylogenetic characterization of canine distemper viruses detected in naturally infected dogs in North America

IDR Pardo, GC Johnson… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
In 2004, six puppies and one adult dog from a total of four premises were subjected to
necropsy evaluation. For five of the seven dogs, disease caused by canine distemper virus …