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Peste des petits ruminant (PPR) is endemic in many Asian
countries with expansion of the range in recent years including
across China during 2013 to 2014 (OIE, 2014). Until the end of
2014, no cases of PPR virus (PPRV) were officially reported to the
Office Internationale des Epizooties (OIE) from Kazakhstan.
This study describes for the first time clinicopathological,
epidemiological and genetic characterization of PPRV in 3 farm
level outbreaks reported for the first time in Zhambyl region
(oblast), southern Kazakhstan. Phylogenetic analysis based on
partial N gene sequence data confirms the lineage IV PPRV
circulation, similar to the virus that recently circulated in
China.