University of Pecs Reports Findings in Canine Distemper Virus (Snapshot study of canine distemper virus in Bangladesh with on-site PCR detection and nanopore sequencing).

A recent study conducted by the University of Pecs in Hungary focused on the Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in Bangladesh. CDV is a highly contagious virus that affects domestic and wild animals, causing severe illness and high mortality rates. The researchers collected and analyzed 355 oral swab samples from stray dogs in two cities in Bangladesh. They found that 7.4% of samples from one city and 0.9% of samples from the other city tested positive for CDV. The study also generated five near-complete genome sequences of CDV, which were found to be related to the India-1/Asia-5 lineage previously identified in India. This study provides important genomic data on CDV in Bangladesh and demonstrates the effectiveness of a mobile laboratory setup for rapid genomic surveillance in low-resource regions. [Extracted from the article]