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Pheno- and genotypic characterization and identification of novel subtypes of Peste des Petits Ruminants virus in domestic and captive wild goats in Northern Iraq.
BMC microbiology - 7 Dec 2021
Khoran Faisal Polis, Candlan Elham Potros, Hassan Abdulwahed Ahmed, Isihak Fanar A, Abdulmawjood Amir, Khan Izhar U H
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BACKGROUND: Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is an acute or peracute contagious transboundary viral disease that mainly affects caprine and ovine and causes significant economic impact in developing countries. After two PPR virus outbreaks in 2011 and 2014, an investigation, from August 2015 to September 2016, was carried out in Northern Iraq when an increased morbidity and mortality rates were reported in the...
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