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
DOIAbstract
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 <1-year-old from Queen Elizabeth National Park (2015) had antibodies against PPRV N-antigen and local serosurvey captured a subsequent spread of PPRV in livestock. Outbreaks with PPR-lik...
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