Exploiting serological data to understand the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes circulating in Libya

Exploiting serological data to understand the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes circulating in Libya

Sporadic outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have occurred in Libya for almost fifty years. During the spring of 2013, a countrywide serosurvey was undertaken to assess the level of FMD virus circulation and identify FMD virus serotypes in the country. A total of 4221 sera were collected, comprising samples from large ruminants (LR; n=1428 samples from 357 farms) and small ruminants (SR; ...

Evolutionary phylodynamics of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes O and A circulating in Vietnam

BACKGROUND Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is one of the highest risk factors that affects the animal industry of the country. The virus causes production loss and high ratio mortality in young cloven-hoofed animals in Vietnam. The VP1 coding gene of 80 FMDV samples (66 samples of the serotype O and 14 samples of the serotype A) collected from endemic outbreaks during 2006-2014 were analyze...

The situation of foot and mouth disease virus types and subtypes in Iran in 1980-1983

The molecular epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus serotypes A and O from 1998 to 2004 in Turkey

BACKGROUND Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) causes significant economic losses in Turkish livestock. We have analysed the genetic diversity of the 1D sequences, encoding the hypervariable surface protein VP1, of Turkish isolates of serotype A and O collected from 1998 to 2004 in order to obtain epidemiological and immunological information. RESULTS The 1D coding region of 33 serotype O and 20 ser...

Lyophilizing Foot-and Mouth Disease Virus at Low Drying Temperature