The production of foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana: a potential candidate vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease
Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) infects cloven-hoofed animals causing the highly contagious foot and mouth disease. It is spread by contact or through aerosol. The disease is often debilitating for infected animals and can be fatal. Severe measures are taken to contain outbreaks; quarantine and...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29378 |