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Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
Dispatch

Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Heilongjiang Province, China, 2014

Jingfei WangComments to Author , Miao Wang, Shida Wang, Zaisi Liu, Nan Shen, Wei Si, Gang Sun, Julian A. Drewe, and Xuehui Cai
Author affiliations: Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Harbin, China (J. Wang, S. Wang, Z. Liu, N. Shen, W. Si, X. Cai); Heilongjiang Institute of Animal Health Inspection, Harbin, China (M. Wang, G. Sun); Royal Veterinary College, London, UK (J.A. Drewe)

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Table

Serologic and molecular diagnosis for peste des petits ruminants virus in 13 counties in Heilongjiang Province, China, March 25–May 5, 2014*


No. flocks/no. tested (%)
No. samples/no. tested (%)
Lineage (no. viruses detected)
County Antibody positive
PCR positive
Antibody-positive
PCR-positive
Imported Local Imported Local Serum Nasal swab Tissue
Baoqing 10/10 (100) 11/70 (16) 10/10 (100) 8/70 (11) 146/533 (27) 11/146 (8) 10/10 (100) IV (1)
Hulan 1/2 (50) 8/14 (57) 1/2 (50) 2/14 (11) 38/315 (12) 4/24 (17) 1/2 (50) II (1), IV (1)
Zhaodong 1/1 (100) 4/5 (80) 1/1 (100) 2/5 (40) 30/222 (14) 6/25 (24) 1/1 (100) 0
Huanan 5/5 (100) 0/3 (0) 1/5 (20) 0/3 (0) 3/157 (2) 0/13 (0) 2/2 (100) 0
Huachuan 6/6 (100) 1/1 (100) 4/6 (67) 0/1 (0) 29/130 (22) 11/20 (55) 2/2 (100) II (3), IV (2)
Tailai 1/3 (33) 0/2 (0) 1/3 (33) 0/2 (0) 24/111 (22) 0/12 (0) 1/1 (100) IV (1)
Nenjiang 2/2 (100) 5/5 (100) 2/2 (100) 3/5 (60) 16/99 (16) 5/15 (33) 1/1 (100) 0
Qitaihe 3/3 (100) 0 2/3 (67) 0 14/79 (18) 1/15 (7) 1/1 (100) 0
Fangzheng 1/1 (100) 0 1/1 (100) 0 11/70 (16) 1/12 (8) 2/2 (100) IV (2)
Suihua 0/1 (0) 0 1/1 (100) 0 0/52 (0) 0/3 (0) 3/3 (100) 0
Muling 1/1 (100) 0 1/1 (100) 0 1/2 (50) 0 1/3 (33) 0
Yanshou 0/3 (0) 0 0 0 0/67 (0) 0 0 0
Qing’an 0/3 (0) 0 0 0 0/50 (0) 0 0 0
Total 31/41 (76) 29/29 (100) 25/35 (71) 15/15 (100) 312/1,887 (16) 39/285 (14) 25/28 (89) II (4), IV (7)

*An antibody-positive flock contained ≥1 animal in positive for antibody against peste des petits ruminants virus. A PCR-positive flock contained ≥1 animal positive for peste des petits ruminants virus by PCR.

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