Concurrent infection of Bluetongue and Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus in small ruminants in Haryana State of India.

Authors :: Maan S
Kumar A
Gupta AK
Dalal A
Chaudhary D
Gupta TK
Bansal N
Kumar V
Batra K
Sindhu N
Kumar A
Mahajan NK
Maan NS
Mertens PPC
Source :: Transboundary and emerging diseases [Transbound Emerg Dis] 2018 Feb; Vol. 65 (1), pp. 235-239. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jan 24.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Bluetongue (BT) and peste-des-petits-ruminants (PPR) are major transboundary diseases of small ruminant, which are endemic in India. Testing of bluetongue virus (BTV) and peste-des-petits-ruminants virus (PPRV) from recent outbreaks (2015-2016) in different regions of Haryana State of India revealed that 27.5% of the samples showed the presence of dual infection of BTV and PPRV. Analysis of Seg-2 of BTV (the serotype-determining protein) showed the presence of BTV-12w in several isolates. However, analysis of N gene fragment amplicons showed that viruses belong to lineage IV were most closely related to a pathogenic strain of PPRV from Delhi. This is the first report of co-circulation of PPRV lineage IV and bluetongue virus serotype 12 in the state.<br /> (© 2017 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.)

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