History and current status of peste des petits ruminants virus in Tanzania
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Date
2016-10-20
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Co-acting Publishing
Abstract
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes the acute, highly contagious disease peste des petits ruminants
(PPR) that affects small domestic and wild ruminants. PPR is of importance in the small livestock-keeping
industry in Tanzania, especially in rural areas as it is an important source of livelihood. Morbidity and case
fatality rate can be as high as 80 100% in naı̈ve herds; however, in endemic areas, morbidity and case fatality
range between 10 and 100% where previous immunity, age, and species of infected animal determine severity
of outcome. PPR was officially confirmed in domestic animals in the Ngorongoro district of Tanzania in 2008.
It is now considered to be endemic in the domestic sheep and goat populations throughout Tanzania, but
restricted to one or more areas in the small ruminant wildlife population. In this article, we review the history
and the current status of PPR in Tanzania and neighboring countries. To control and eradicate PPR in the
region, a joint effort between these countries needs to be undertaken. The effort must also secure genuine
engagement from the animal holders to succeed.
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Small ruminants, Sheep, Goats, Morbillivirus, Peste des petits ruminants, East Africa
Citation
Emeli Torsson, Tebogo Kgotlele, Mikael Berg (Professor), Niwael Mtui-Malamsha, Emanuel S. Swai, Jonas Johansson Wensman & Gerald Misinzo (Professor) (2016)History and current status of peste des petits ruminants virus in Tanzania, Infection Ecology &Epidemiology, 6:1, 32701, DOI: 10.3402/iee.v6.32701