Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A in Egypt

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A in Egypt

We describe the characterization of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype A virus responsible for recent outbreaks of disease in Egypt. Phylogenetic analysis of VP1 nucleotide sequences demonstrated a close relationship to recent FMD virus isolates from East Africa, rather than to viruses currentl...

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Main Authors: Nick J. Knowles, Jemma Wadsworth, Scott M. Reid, Katherine G. Swabey, Alaa A. El-Kholy, Adel Omar Abd El-Rahman, Hatem M. Soliman, Katja Ebert, Nigel P. Ferris, Geoffrey H. Hutchings, Robert J. Statham, Donald P. King, David J. Paton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Aphthovirus
epidemiology
molecular
foot-and-mouth disease virus
molecular sequence data
phylogeny
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/10/07-0252_article

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