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Molecular evolution of peste des petits ruminants virus.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Muniraju Murali, Munir Muhammad, Parthiban AravindhBabu R, Banyard Ashley C, Bao Jingyue, Wang Zhiliang, Ayebazibwe Chrisostom, Ayelet Gelagay, El Harrak Mehdi, Mahapatra Mana, Libeau Geneviève, Batten Carrie, Parida Satya
Abstract excerpt
Despite safe and efficacious vaccines against peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), this virus has emerged as the cause of a highly contagious disease with serious economic consequences for small ruminant agriculture across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. We used complete and partial genome sequences of all 4 lineages of the virus to investigate evolutionary and epidemiologic dynamics of PPRV. A Bayesian...
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