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Rinderpest Aetiology Epidemiology Diagnosis Prevention and Control References AETIOLOGY Classification of the causative agent Rinderpest is caused by a negative-strand RNA virus of the Morbillivirus genus within the family Paramyxoviridae. The virus exists as three geographically restricted clades, described as African Lineages 1 and 2 and Asian Lineage 3, which cross-protect fully and are only differentiated by molecular characterisation. The tissue culture Rinderpest vaccine virus was derived from another genetically-distinct virus which was introduced into Africa from Asia in the 19th Century.
RINDERPEST Aetiology Epidemiology Diagnosis Prevention and Control References AETIOLOGY Classification of the causative agent Rinderpest is caused by a negative-strand RNA virus of the Morbillivirus genus within the family
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