Rinderpest: the disease and its impact on humans and animals.

摘要: Rinderpest is an ancient plague of cattle and other large ruminants, with descriptions its effects dating back to Roman times. It caused by a morbillivirus closely related human measles virus. Although very effective vaccine available, it heat labile, logistical financial problems hamper delivery the remote areas Africa Asia where enzootic foci remain. Periodic epizootics emerge from these spread into neighboring areas, mainly as result uncontrolled livestock movement trading. This particularly true during wars or civil disturbances when normal veterinary controls do not operate. The disease continues cause devastating economic losses in domestic world remains endemic.