Epidemiological and virological investigations were carried out during an outbreak of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Afghan (Bulkhi) sheep in Pakistan. The overall morbidity, mortality and case fatality rates were 41.0, 1.2 and 3.0%, respectively. The epidemic curve was plotted and the values for basic reproductive number (R0) and herd immunity threshold (HIT) for the affected flock were e...

Theodorides' survey of more recent rabies literature from 1800 onwards is also extensive. It includes a History of rabies published in 1810 and written not by a physician but by a hospital administrator who happened to be the father of Honore de Balzac. Balzac pere did well to distinguish between rabies and hydrophobia which could be caused by psychological factors unrelated to the disease prop...

Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is an acute, highly contagious, and economically important transboundary disease of sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Turkey. It is one of the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO) notifiable diseases and is considered important for poverty alleviation in PPRV-endemic regions. Significant research has been directed toward impr...