Hemida Maged Gomaa, Al-Ghadeer Hussain Mohammed
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Vet Med Int. 2019 Nov 12;2019:4756404. doi: 10.1155/2019/4756404. eCollection 2019.
Infection with the ruminants virus (PPRV) is a highly devastating viral infection of small ruminants. Dromedary camels live in close proximity of small ruminants in Arabian Peninsula (AP) and many other regions in the world. Little is known about the reasons behind continuous PPRV emergence in Saudi Arabia (KSA). Our objective was to test some dromedary camel population across the kingdom for the presence of specific PPRV antibodies. Our results show detection of specific PPRV antibodies (2.92%) in sera of tested dromedary camels from the eastern and south regions of the KSA. Our results suggest the exposure of dromedary camels to PPRV infection. Thus, dromedary camels may play some important roles in the sustainability of PPRV in the small ruminants across the AP. This is the first study examined the nationwide prevalence of the PPRV in dromedary camels in the KSA.
反刍动物病毒(PPRV)感染是一种对小型反刍动物具有高度毁灭性的病毒感染。单峰骆驼生活在阿拉伯半岛(AP)以及世界许多其他地区的小型反刍动物附近。对于沙特阿拉伯(KSA)PPRV持续出现背后的原因知之甚少。我们的目标是检测沙特全国一些单峰骆驼种群中是否存在特定的PPRV抗体。我们的结果显示,在来自沙特东部和南部地区的受试单峰骆驼血清中检测到了特定的PPRV抗体(2.92%)。我们的结果表明单峰骆驼接触过PPRV感染。因此,单峰骆驼可能在整个阿拉伯半岛小型反刍动物中PPRV的持续存在中发挥一些重要作用。这是第一项研究沙特全国单峰骆驼中PPRV流行情况的研究。