title: Outbreaks and diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease serotype O in the Republic of Korea, April-June 2010.
abstract: Thirteen outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were reported in pigs and cattle in Korea between 8 April and 4 June 2010. The FMD virus (FMDV) isolates were of serotype O, indicating that they were related to the virus strains of the Southeast Asia topotype that are circulating in East Asian countries. Animals carrying the viruses were identified by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) during a 29-day period between 8 April and 6 May, 2010. Prior to this outbreak, these FMDVs had not been detected in Korea and may therefore have been introduced from neighbouring countries into Ganghwa Island and subsequently spread inland to other areas, including Gimpo, Chungju and Cheongyang. Tests conducted to lift restrictions on animal movements lead to detection of two additional FMD-positive farms. Through appropriate responses, including swift diagnoses and culling policies, Korea was able to quickly regain its recognition as being free of FMD, without vaccination, by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 27 September 2010.
authors.affiliation: Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K-N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y-J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: S-M
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authors.lastname: Kim
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J-Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J-Y
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authors.lastname: Yeh
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authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y-H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sohn
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authors.lastname: Moon
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authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: B
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authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003132:Commerce; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history / Q000662:veterinary*; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology