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Pathogenesis, biophysical stability and phenotypic variance of SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Apr 2020
Ramulongo Tovhowani D, Maree Francois F, Scott Katherine, Opperman Pamela, Mutowembwa Paidamwoyo, Theron Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals, which severely decreases livestock productivity. FMD virus (FMDV), the causative agent, initiates infection by interaction with integrin cellular receptors on pharyngeal epithelium cells, causing clinical signs one to four days after transmission to a susceptible host. However, some Southern African Territories (SAT)...
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