Foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A in Egypt.
We describe the characterization of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype A virus responsible for recent outbreaks of disease in Egypt. Phylogenetic analysis of VP1 nucleotide sequences demonstrated a close relationship to recent FMD virus isolates from East Africa, rather than to viruses currently circulating in the Middle East.
Knowles
Nick J
NJ
Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom. nick.knowles@bbsrc.ac.uk
Wadsworth
Jemma
J
Reid
Scott M
SM
Swabey
Katherine G
KG
El-Kholy
Alaa A
AA
Abd El-Rahman
Adel Omar
AO
Soliman
Hatem M
HM
Ebert
Katja
K
Ferris
Nigel P
NP
Hutchings
Geoffrey H
GH
Statham
Robert J
RJ
King
Donald P
DP
Paton
David J
DJ
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology*; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005838:Genotype; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012703:Serotyping