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A first molecular epidemiological study of SAT-2 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses in West Africa.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 2004
Sangaré O, Bastos A D, Venter E H, Vosloo W
Abstract excerpt
Thirty-one viruses causing SAT-2 outbreaks in seven West African countries between 1974 and 1991, and four viruses representative of East and Central Africa were genetically characterized in this study. Four major viral lineages (I-IV) were identified by phylogenetic analysis of an homologous 480 nucleotide region corresponding to the C-terminus end of VP1. Lineage I comprised two West African genotypes with...
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