Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2019)

Canine Distemper Virus in Asiatic Lions of Gujarat State, India

  • Devendra T. Mourya,
  • Pragya D. Yadav,
  • Sreelekshmy Mohandas,
  • R.F. Kadiwar,
  • M.K. Vala,
  • Akshay K. Saxena,
  • Anita Shete-Aich,
  • Nivedita Gupta,
  • P. Purushothama,
  • Rima R. Sahay,
  • Raman R. Gangakhedkar,
  • Shri C.K. Mishra,
  • Balram Bhargava

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190120
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 11
pp. 2128 – 2130

Abstract

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In September 2018, an epizootic infection caused by canine distemper virus emerged in an Asiatic lion population in India. We detected the virus in samples from 68 lions and 6 leopards by reverse transcription PCR. Whole-genome sequencing analysis demonstrated the virus strain is similar to the proposed India-1/Asia-5 strain.

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