Spillover of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus from Domestic to Wild Ruminants in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 2230 - 2234
• Main Authors: Mahapatra, Mana, Sayalel, Kuya, Muniraju, Murali, Eblate, Ernest, Fyumagwa, Robert, Shilinde, Ligge, Mdaki, Maulid, Keyyu, Julius, Parida, Satya, Kock, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2015; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Domestic - blood; Animals, Domestic - virology; Animals, Wild - blood; Animals, Wild - virology; Dispatch; Ecosystems; epidemiosurveillance; Genetic aspects; Genomics; Goat Diseases - virology; Goats; Goats - genetics; Goats - virology; Humans; morbillivirus; peste des petits ruminants virus; Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants - epidemiology; Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants - virology; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus - genetics; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus - pathogenicity; Phylogeny; Sheep - genetics; Sheep - virology; Sheep Diseases - virology; Spillover of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus from Domestic to Wild Ruminants in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania; Tanzania - epidemiology; viruses; wildlife-livestock interface; Tanzania; United Kingdom; phylogenetic analysis; viruses; ecosystem; wildlife-livestock interface; Africa; Tanzania; morbillivirus; Serengeti; ruminants; epidemiosurveillance; animals; peste des petits ruminants virus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2112.150223

We tested wildlife inhabiting areas near domestic livestock, pastures, and water sources in the Ngorongoro district in the Serengeti ecosystem of northern Tanzania and found 63% seropositivity for peste des petits ruminants virus. Sequencing of the viral genome from sick sheep in the area confirmed lineage II virus circulation.