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Foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A in Egypt.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2007
Knowles Nick J, Wadsworth Jemma, Reid Scott M, Swabey Katherine G, El-Kholy Alaa A, Abd El-Rahman Adel Omar, Soliman Hatem M, Ebert Katja, Ferris Nigel P, Hutchings Geoffrey H, Statham Robert J, King Donald P, Paton David J
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We describe the characterization of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype A virus responsible for recent outbreaks of disease in Egypt. Phylogenetic analysis of VP1 nucleotide sequences demonstrated a close relationship to recent FMD virus isolates from East Africa, rather than to viruses curre...
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