title: Epidemiology and control of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
abstract: An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in a flock of sheep on a farm in the Cooley peninsula, County Louth, on March 22, 2001. The virus was similar to other viruses of the serotype O PanAsian strain and virtually indistinguishable from other isolates from Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The epidemiological evidence suggested that infected sheep brought from Great Britain on February 19, 2001, were the source of the infection. The disease was eradicated by epidemiological investigation, serological testing and extensive culling.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003670:Deer; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006041:Goats; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission