Detection of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV) Genome from Nasal Swabs of Dogs

• Published in: Current microbiology Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 99 - 103
• Main Authors: Ratta, Barkha, Pokhriyal, Mayank, Singh, Shanker K., Kumar, Ajay, Saxena, Meeta, Sharma, Bhaskar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-07-2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dog Diseases - virology; Dogs; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Host range; India; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Nose - virology; Peste des petits ruminants; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus - classification; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus - genetics; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus - isolation & purification; Phylogenetics; Ruminantia; Sequence analysis; Viral infections; Viruses; Small Ruminant; Nasal Swab; Canine Distemper Virus; Measle Virus; Siberian Tiger
• ISSN: 0343-8651; 1432-0991
• DOI: 10.1007/s00284-016-1030-z

Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) one of the most important viruses of small
ruminants
has a restricted host range. We report here the presence of PPRV virus in the nasal swabs of 3 out of 12 dogs in a routine microarray screening. The presence of PPRV sequence was further confirmed by PCR and sequencing. The sequence analysis revealed that the PPRV virus has close similarities with the viruses present in Indian subcontinent but was not identical to the vaccine virus used in India. Results suggest possible crossing of species barrier but requires further serological evidences.