Peste des petits ruminants virus transmission scaling and husbandry practices that contribute to increased transmission risk
An investigation among sheep, goats, and cattle in northern Tanzania.
Abstract
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes an infectious disease of high morbidity and mortality among sheep and goats which impacts millions of livestock keepers globally. PPRV transmission risk varies by production system, but a deeper understanding of how transmission scales in these systems and which husbandry practices impact risk is needed. To investigate transmission scaling and husbandry practice-associated risk, this study combined 395 household questionnaires with over 7115 cross-sectional serosurvey samples collected in Tanzania among agropastoral and pastoral households managing sheep, goats, or cattle (most managed all three, n = 284, 71.9%).
This is a publication arising from the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme
Citation
Herzog C, de Glanville W, Willett B, Cattadori I, Kapur V, Hudson P, Buza J, Swai E, Cleaveland S, Bjørnstad O (2020). Peste des petits ruminants virus transmission scaling and husbandry practices that contribute to increased transmission risk: an investigation among sheep, goats, and cattle in northern Tanzania. Viruses. 12:930.