Rinderpest virus sequestration and use in posteradication era

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 151 - 153
• Main Authors: Fournié, Guillaume, Beauvais, Wendy, Jones, Bryony A, Lubroth, Juan, Ambrosini, Francesca, Njeumi, Félix, Cameron, Angus, Pfeiffer, Dirk U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-01-2013; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animal biology; Animals; Biohazard Release; Biohazard Release - prevention & control; Biological Specimen Banks; Causes of; Control; Disease Eradication; Dispatch; Epidemics; eradication; Health aspects; Humans; Life Sciences; Rinderpest; Rinderpest - immunology; Rinderpest - prevention & control; Rinderpest - virology; Rinderpest virus; Rinderpest virus - growth & development; Rinderpest virus - pathogenicity; ruminants; Surveys and Questionnaires; vaccine; Vaccines, Attenuated; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Viral Vaccines; Viral Vaccines - biosynthesis; Viral Vaccines - immunology; Viral Vaccines - supply & distribution; virus sequestration; viruses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120967

After the 2011 declaration of rinderpest disease eradication, we surveyed 150 countries about rinderpest virus stocks. Forty-four laboratories in 35 countries held laboratory-attenuated strains, field strains, or diagnostic samples. Vaccine and reagent production and laboratory experiments continued. Rigorous standards are necessary to ensure that stocks are kept under safe conditions.