title: Studies on foot and mouth disease in the eastern region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
abstract: The present paper describes the status of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the eastern region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, over a three-year period from 1987 to 1989. The disease was prevalent among the various livestock populations in the study area. Type O appeared to be most prevalent followed by types A and Asia 1 which were recorded at lower incidences. Type C was not recorded during the period of study. Two isolates of each serotype were tested for antigenic relatedness to each other and to a reference virus. Both type O isolates were closely related but less related to the reference virus O1 BFS (1860). The type A isolates and the reference virus A22 IRQ 24/64 showed a similar degree of close interrelatedness. In contrast, the two Asia 1 field isolates, while being closely related, showed no antigenic relationship with the reference virus Asia 1 PAK 1/54. The possible implications of these results regarding the current situation of FMD control in the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Banha, Egypt.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moustafa
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: el-Gadir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006041:Goats; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D014765:Viral Vaccines