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Retrospective genetic analysis of SAT-1 type foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in West Africa (1975-1981).
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Jun 2003
Sangare Oumou, Bastos Armanda D S, Venter Estelle H, Vosloo Wilna
Abstract excerpt
The complete 1D genome region encoding the immunogenic and phylogenetically informative VP1 gene was genetically characterized for 23 South African Territories (SAT)-1 viruses causing foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreaks in the West African region between 1975 and 1981. The results indicate that two independent outbreaks occurred, the first involved two West African countries, namely Niger and Nigeria, whilst...
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