Aziz Ul-Rahman

Dr. Aziz Ul-Rahman

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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 September 2020 in Archives of Virology
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Jens H. KuhnJens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn
SAScott Adkins
Scott Adkins
DADaniela Alioto
Daniela Alioto
SASergey Alkhovsky
Sergey Alkhovsky
GAGaya Amarasinghe
Gaya Amarasinghe
XZXueping Zhou
Xueping Zhou

10 May 2021 in Reviews in Medical Virology
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AUAziz Ul-Rahman
Aziz Ul-Rahman
HIHafiz Muhammad Ishaq
Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq
MRMuhammad Asif Raza
Muhammad Asif Raza
MSMuhammad Zubair Shabbir
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir

7 June 2018 in Tropical Animal Health and Production
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AUAziz Ul-Rahman
Aziz Ul-Rahman
Jonas Johansson WensmanJonas Johansson Wensman
Jonas Johansson Wensman
MAMuhammad Abubakar
Muhammad Abubakar
MSMuhammad Zubair Shabbir
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir
PRPaul Rossiter
Paul Rossiter

1 January 2016 in BioMed Research International
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AUAziz Ul-Rahman
Aziz Ul-Rahman
MAMuhammad Abubakar
Muhammad Abubakar
MRMuhammad Hidayat Rasool
Muhammad Hidayat Rasool
SMShumaila Manzoor
Shumaila Manzoor
MSMuhammad Saqalein
Muhammad Saqalein
Jonas Johansson WensmanJonas Johansson Wensman
Jonas Johansson Wensman
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is causing infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality rate in domestic and wild small ruminants of Pakistan with valuable economical losses. The present study was carried out to investigate risk factors of PPRV in domestic small ruminants which were present in the vicinity of wildlife parks. A total of 265 sera samples (27 wild ruminants and 238 domesticated small ruminants) from apparently healthy animals from two different wildlife parks were collected and analysed for PPRV antibodies. Also, 20 nasal swabs from domestic small ruminants showing respiratory signs were collected to check for presence of PPRV antigen. Competitive ELISA revealed highest proportions of anti-PPRV antibodies in domestic small ruminants around the Wildlife Park at Lahore (35%) as compared to Faisalabad (13%), with no existence of PPRV antibodies in tested serum of wild ruminants at these parks. Higher seropositivity was observed in females (25.6%) than in males (5.1%) and in goats (34.5%) compared to sheep (11.2%). The results of N-gene based RT-PCR highlight the absence of PPRV due to lack of current PPR outbreak in the region during study period. Even though grazing was not a significant risk factor, there is still a possibility of wildlife-livestock interactions for feed and water reservoirs, resulting in spillover of PPR to wildlife. Keeping in view the high seropositivity and risk of PPR, vaccination should be adopted to avoid circulation of PPRV among wild and domestic small ruminants (sheep and goats).

1 October 2018 in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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AUAziz Ul-Rahman
Aziz Ul-Rahman
MMMuhammad Munir
Muhammad Munir
Muhammad Zubair ShabbirMuhammad Zubair Shabbir
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir

31 March 2018 in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
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TST. Sohail
T. Sohail
TYT. Yaqub
T. Yaqub
MSM. Shafee
M. Shafee
TAT. Abbas
T. Abbas
JNJ. Nazir
J. Nazir
Muhammad Zubair ShabbirMuhammad Zubair Shabbir
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir