title: The use of antigen and vaccine banks in case of emergency vaccination in the European community.
abstract: The Community control measures for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have been reviewed and are currently laid down in Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003. The Community is free of FMD and infection without practising vaccination. Legal provisions are in place to resort to emergency vaccination where required by the epidemiological situation and reserves of suitable antigens of the FMD virus for express formulation into vaccines have been established.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Unit 2-Animal Health and Welfare, Brussels, Belgium. alf-eckbert.fuessel@cec.eu.int
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Füssel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D004356:Drug Storage; D004630:Emergencies / Q000662:veterinary; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D005060:Europe; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000600:supply & distribution*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D014765:Viral Vaccines