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Detection and genetic characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses in samples from clinically healthy animals in endemic settings.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Oct 2012
Jamal S M, Ferrari G, Hussain M, Nawroz A H, Aslami A A, Khan E, Murvatulloev S, Ahmed S, Belsham G J
Abstract excerpt
A total of 1501 oral swab samples from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan were collected from clinically healthy animals between July 2008 and August 2009 and assayed for the presence of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) RNA. The oral swab samples from two (of four) live animal markets in Pakistan (n = 245), one (of three) live animal market in Afghanistan (n=61) and both the live animal markets in Tajikistan...
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