Molecular epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants virus emergence in critically endangered Mongolian saiga antelope and other wild ungulates
C. T. O. Benfield, S. Hill, M. Shatar, E. Shiilegdamba, B. Damdinjav, A. Fine, B. Willett, R. Kock, A. Bataille
This study sequences PPRV genomes from Mongolian wildlife and livestock to trace the virus's spread and adaptation, finding undetected circulation before outbreaks and potential livestock-to-wildlife transmission.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2021Microbiology