Abstract
In September 2018, an epizootic infection caused by canine distemper virus emerged in an Asiatic lion population in India. We detected the virus in samples from 68 lions and 6 leopards by reverse transcription PCR. Whole-genome sequencing analysis demonstrated the virus strain is similar to the proposed India-1/Asia-5 strain.
Highlights
7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan; email: takahiro-takazono@nagasaki-u.ac.jp In September 2018, an epizootic infection caused by canine distemper virus emerged in an Asiatic lion population in India
Phylogenetic analysis showed that sequences from this outbreak clustered with East-African Canine distemper virus (CDV) strains (Appendix Figure 1, http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/ article/25/11/19-0120-Techapp1.pdf)
Phylogenetic analysis of the CDV sequences of Gir lions against available partial CDV sequences of H gene previously collected from tigers and a dog from India demonstrated a distinct cluster for sequences from India (Appendix Figure 2)
Summary
Author affiliations: Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India Shete-Aich, R.R. Sahay); Sakkarbaug Zoo, Junagadh, India (R.F. Kadiwar, M.K. Vala); Department of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Gandhinagar 7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan; email: takahiro-takazono@nagasaki-u.ac.jp In September 2018, an epizootic infection caused by canine distemper virus emerged in an Asiatic lion population in India. We detected the virus in samples from 68 lions and 6 leopards by reverse transcription PCR.
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