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Analysis of Recent Serotype O Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses from Livestock in Kenya: Evidence of Four Independently Evolving Lineages.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Wekesa S N, Muwanika V B, Siegismund H R, Sangula A K, Namatovu A, Dhikusooka M T, Tjørnehøj K, Balinda S N, Wadsworth J, Knowles N J, Belsham G J
Abstract excerpt
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Kenya where four serotypes (O, A, SAT 1 and SAT 2) of the virus are currently in circulation. Within 2010 and 2011, the National Laboratory recorded an increase in the number of FMD outbreaks caused by serotype O virus. The characteristics of these viruses were determined to ascertain whether these were independent outbreaks or one single strain spreading throughout the...
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