title: Foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A in Egypt.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom. nick.knowles@bbsrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nick J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: Jemma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Katherine G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Swabey
authors.forename: Alaa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Kholy
authors.forename: Adel Omar
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Abd El-Rahman
authors.forename: Hatem M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: Nigel P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: Geoffrey H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Hutchings
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Statham
authors.forename: Donald P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Paton
mesh_terms: 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