Rescue of foot-and-mouth disease viruses that are pathogenic for cattle from preserved viral RNA samples.

BACKGROUND: Foot and mouth disease is an economically important disease of cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, sheep and pigs. It is caused by a picornavirus, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which has a positive sense RNA genome which, when introduced into cells, can initiate virus replicat...

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Main Authors: Graham J Belsham, Syed M Jamal, Kirsten Tjørnehøj, Anette Bøtner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3030553?pdf=render