Laboratoire National d’Elevage (LNE), Ouagadougou P.O. Box 907, Burkina Faso
Dominique Guigma
Laboratoire National d’Elevage (LNE), Ouagadougou P.O. Box 907, Burkina Faso
Adama Dji-tombo Drobo
Laboratoire National d’Elevage (LNE), Ouagadougou P.O. Box 907, Burkina Faso
Mariétou Guitti
Laboratoire National d’Elevage (LNE), Ouagadougou P.O. Box 907, Burkina Faso
Sherry Ama Mawuko Johnson
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra LG68, Ghana
David Livingstone Mawuko Blavo
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra LG68, Ghana
Giovanni Cattoli
Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Animal Production and Health Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria
Charles E. Lamien
Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Animal Production and Health Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria
William G. Dundon
Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Animal Production and Health Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria
Monitoring the transboundary spread of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus is an essential part of the global efforts towards the eradication of PPR by 2030. There is growing evidence that Lineage IV is becoming the predominant viral lineage, replacing Lineage I and II in West Africa. As part of a regional investigation, samples collected in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Ghana were screened for the presence of PPRV. A segment of the nucleoprotein gene from positive samples was sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis revealed the co-circulation of Lineage II and IV in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea, and the identification of Lineage IV in Ghana. These data will be of importance to local and regional authorities involved in the management of PPRV spread.
