Xinjiang

Sequence analysis of peste des petits ruminants virus from ibexes in Xinjiang, China

J. Xia, Zheng, X. G., Adili, G. Z., Wei, Y. R., Ma, W. G., Xue, X. M., Mi, X. Y., Yi, Z., Chen, S. J., Du, W., Muhan, M., Duhaxi, C., Han, T., Gudai, B., Huang, J., Xia, J., Zheng, X. G., Adili, G. Z., Wei, Y. R., Ma, W. G., Xue, X. M., Mi, X. Y., Yi, Z., Chen, S. J., Du, W., Muhan, M., Duhaxi, C., Han, T., Gudai, B., and Huang, J., Sequence analysis of peste des petits ruminants virus from ibexes in Xinjiang, China, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an infectious disease caused by peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV). While PPR mainly affects domestic goats and sheep, it also affects wild ungulates such as ibex, blue sheep, and gazelle, although there are few reports regarding PPRV infection in wild animals. Between January 2015 and February 2015, it was found for the first time that wild ibexes died from PPRV infection in Bazhou, Xinjiang, China, where a total of 38 ibexes (including young and adult ibexes) were found to have died abnormally from PPR-related issues.

Subscribe to Xinjiang