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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, Steven Patrick
Other Authors: Meyers, Ann Elizabeth
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29378