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Characterisation of foot-and-mouth disease virus strains circulating in Turkey during 1996-2004.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2007
Parlak U, Ozyörük F, Knowles N J, Armstrong R M, Aktas S, Alkan F, Cokcaliskan C, Christensen L S
Abstract excerpt
Two genotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A were identified as the cause of disease outbreaks in Turkey during 1996-2004, while serotype O strains, identified during the same period, seem to represent an evolutionary continuum, and Asia1 strains were only rarely identified. The data presented are concordant with the conclusion that serotype A strains are repeatedly introduced to Turkey from the east...
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