Since 2001,
fatal outbreaks of the virus among people have occurred annually in Bangladesh and India.
Not exact matches
It follows a wave
of fatal outbreaks of the virulent disease in neighboring Guinea and Liberia, where health workers have been battling to contain the
virus since Monday.
In the two decades following the epidemic, wild canids died following CDV infection but
fatal CDV was not observed in lions or spotted hyenas anymore, even though high prevalence
of serum antibodies against CDV in some years indicated
outbreaks of asymptomatic exposure to the
virus in lions and hyenas.
The long - running debate about why just one
of several canine distemper
virus (CDV)
outbreaks in the Serengeti in Tanzania during the past 25 years was
fatal for lions and spotted hyenas has been resolved.
A severe
outbreak of the highly contagious and often
fatal distemper
virus was reportedly discovered at the Oberlin, Kan., facility after sick puppies from the facility were sold to customers
of at least two Wyoming pet stores.