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Bibliothèque Serological evidence of camel exposure to peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in Nigeria

Serological evidence of camel exposure to peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in Nigeria

Serological evidence of camel exposure to peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in Nigeria

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Date of publication
Décembre 2015
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AGRIS:US201500139702
Pages
603-606

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a viral disease of sheep and goats, is endemic in Nigeria. There are reports indicating the involvement of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), the causative agent of PPR, in a camel respiratory syndrome in Africa. Considering that camels share the same grazing land and drinking points with other ruminants, this study was undertaken to determine the seroprevalence and extent of PPRV antibodies in Nigerian camels. A total of 1517 camel sera samples were collected from four states (Borno, Kano, Kastina and Sokoto). The seroprevalence was determined by the H-protein-based competitive ELISA. The overall prevalence was 3.36 % (51/1517, 95 % confidence interval of 2.51–4.39 %). There was no significant differences in prevalence between states (p = 0.8921) and between male and female camels (p = 0.7424). The prevalence differed significantly (p 5 years (p = 0.0042). These results show occasional transient PPRV infection of camels in Nigeria, and there is the need to include camels among species to be studied in elucidating the epidemiology of the disease in sheep and goats.

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Woma, Timothy Yusufu
Kalla, Demo Joab Usman
Ekong, Pius Stephen
Ularamu, Hussaini Gulak
Chollom, Solomon Chuwang
Lamurde, Iliya Iliyasu
Bajehson, Dogonyaro Benjamin
Tom, Nenfa Danjuma
Aaron, Gideon Bature
Shamaki, David
Bailey, Dalan
Diallo, Adama
Quan, Melvyn

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