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Phylogenetic evidence of canine distemper virus in Serengeti's lions
T C Harder1, M Kenter, M J Appel
1Department of Virology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Vaccine
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Recently an epizootic, reported to be due to a morbillivirus infection, affected the lion population of the Tanzanian Serengeti National Park. A morbillivirus phosphoprotein (P) gene fragment was amplified by PCR from tissue samples of several affected lions. Sequencing of the amplificates and subsequent phylogenetic analyses revealed that a wild-type strain of canine distemper morbillivirus (CDV) was involved. Vaccination of the local domestic dog population with proven safe CDV vaccines is proposed.