PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS - NEPAL: (MAHOTTARI)
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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Mon 14 Sep 2009
Source: China Ministry of Commerce [in Chinese, trans. Rappt.DS, edited]
<http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/i/jyjl/j/200909/20090906513665.html>
The Kathmandu Post reported on 13 Sep 2009 peste des petits ruminants
[PPR] has occurred in goats in Mahottari District, in [the Central
Region of] Nepal bordering India. Local farmers have suffered heavy
losses since the outbreak. More than 20 villages in the area raise
goats as their primary activity. Last week [week of 7 Sep 2009], 37
goats in local villages died and many more were infected.
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Dan Silver
[PPR is endemic in Nepal; though its presence in the Indian
subcontinent was first recognised in 1987, experts are of the opinion
that it had been present there for many years before -- maybe even
before its initial identification in West Africa (reference below).
Its presence in Nepal, and the disease dynamics there, were discussed
in 2 ProMED-mail postings during 1998.
Further reading
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RP Singh, P Saravanan et al: Prevalence and distribution of peste des
petits ruminants virus infection in small ruminants in India 2004,
available free online at
<http://www.oie.int/boutique/extrait/08singh807819.pdf>.
Background on the disease is available at
<http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/peste_des_petits_ruminants.pdf>.
Reference
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WP Taylor, A Diallo, S Gopalakrishna, P Sreeramalu, AJ Wilsmore, YP
Nanda, G Libeau, M Rajasekhar, AK Mukhopadhyay: Peste des petits
ruminants has been widely present in southern India since, if not
before, the late 1980s. Prev Vet Med 2002 Jan 22; 52(3-4) 305-12
(abstract available at
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11849724>). - Mod.AS]
[Mahottari District can be located on the map of the administrative
regions of Nepal at
<http://ncthakur.itgo.com/map04.htm>.
The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Nepal is available at
<http://healthmap.org/r/00OB>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
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