Genetic analysis of type O viruses responsible for epidemics of foot-and-mouth disease in North Africa

doi:10.1017/s0950268899002265

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Genetic analysis of type O viruses responsible for epidemics of foot-and-mouth disease in North Africa

1 Jun 1999

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The nucleotide sequences of the 3' end of the capsid-coding region were determined for 30 serotype O foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) viruses isolated between 1987 and 1994 from outbreaks in North Africa and the Middle East. These sequences were compared with the previously published sequences of 9 field virus isolates from the Middle East and 5 vaccine virus strains, 3 of which originated from the Middle East...

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