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Isolation, molecular characterization, and genetic diversity of recently isolated foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A in Egypt.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
El-Ansary Ramy E, Kasem Samy, El-Tabakh Mohamed A M, Badr Yassien, Abdel-Moneim Ahmed S
Abstract excerpt
Foot-and-mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting all hoof-cloven animals. Serotypes A, O and SAT 2 of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) are circulating in Egypt. The present study aimed to identify and molecularly characterize the FMDV strains circulating in Northern Egypt during an epidemic that struck the nation in 2022. RNA was extracted from the epithelial specimens, vesicular...
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