Application of PCR in Diagnosis of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV)

Abstract

It was first reported in Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa 14 and was named as Kata, psuedorinderpest, pneumoenterititis complex and stomatitis-pneumenteritis syndrome 15 . Then in 1972 a sort of disease in goats in Sudan was identified to be PPR 16 . In recent years either the presence of antibodies to the virus or viral nucleic acid has been confirmed from the countries like Burkina Faso (2008), Ghana (2010), Nigeria (2007) and Senegal (2010) 17 .