Dear colleagues,
To my point of view in answer to Dr Ithondeka's question: A key issue to
address is why PPR resurgence now? Is it true that rinderpest
vaccination suppressed PPR?
theses reasons might be invoked: 1) long-time negligence or
inattentiveness to the small-ruminant health sector in all the countries
now enzootic for the disease, leading to a lack of performing
diagnostic; 2) increasing size and mobility of small-ruminant
populations; 3) cessation of rinderpest circulation, which is generally
mild in small ruminants and which the cross-reactive antibodies allowed
for an additional gain in protection.
Among those points N°2 is the most important.
Best regards
Geneviève
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Geneviève LIBEAU
Biological Systems Department - CIRAD
Control of Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases (UMR15)
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