Publications by authors named "S Charles Bodjo"

Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) are two closely related viral diseases caused by viruses belonging to the genus Morbillivirus and affecting ruminants. Both diseases are notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) due to their high contagiosity and economic importance. International collaboration and scientific developments have led to the eradication of rinderpest, which was celebrated in 2011, 250 years after the first veterinary school was created in Lyon.

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Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), which is the only member of the species and belongs to the genus within the family, causes the highly contagious viral sickness "Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)." PPR is of serious economic significance for small ruminant production, particularly in Africa. Control of this critical disease depends highly on successful vaccination against the PPRV.

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Article Synopsis
  • Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease affecting mainly sheep and goats, but can also infect other animals like buffalos and camels, highlighting concerns about how the virus spreads between wildlife and livestock.
  • Validated serological tools, such as the virus neutralisation test (VNT) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), have been used to detect previous infections but their effectiveness for atypical species is still uncertain.
  • A study analyzing 793 serum samples found that while VNT and ELISAs showed a high agreement (75-88%) for typical species, the accuracy dropped significantly (44-62%) for atypical species, indicating a need for better diagnostic approaches in these cases.
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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe non-zoonotic viral disease of small ruminants caused by a morbillivirus closely related to rinderpest virus (RPV). The disease is widespread in Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia. It is one of the priority animal diseases whose control is considered important for poverty alleviation in those regions because of the associated high economic losses.

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