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Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Middle East Caused by an A/ASIA/G-VII Virus Lineage, 2015-2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2018
Bachanek-Bankowska Katarzyna, Di Nardo Antonello, Wadsworth Jemma, Henry Elisabeth K M, Parlak Ünal, Timina Anna, Mischenko Alexey, Qasim Ibrahim Ahmad, Abdollahi Darab, Sultana Munawar, Hossain M Anwar, King Donald P, Knowles Nick J
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analyses of foot-and-mouth disease type A viruses in the Middle East during 2015-2016 identified viruses belonging to the A/ASIA/G-VII lineage, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. Changes in a critical antigenic site within capsid viral protein 1 suggest possible evolutionary pressure caused by an intensive vaccination program.
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