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Phylogeographic analysis of the 2000-2002 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in Argentina.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Brito Barbara, König Guido, Cabanne Gustavo Sebastian, Beascoechea Claudia Perez, Rodriguez Luis, Perez Andres
Abstract excerpt
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly transmissible disease of hooved livestock. Although FMD has been eradicated from many countries, economic and social consequences of FMD reintroductions are devastating. After achieving disease eradication, Argentina was affected by a major epidemic in 2000-2002, and within few months, FMD virus spread throughout most of the country and affected >2500 herds. Available...
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