Molecular characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses collected from Sudan

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-314

  Habiela, M ^a   Ferris, N P ^b   Hutchings, G H ^b   Wadsworth, J ^b   Reid, S M ^b   Madi, M ^b   Ebert, K ^b   Sumption, K J ^c   Knowles, N J ^b   King, D P ^b   Paton, D J ^b  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Foot and mouth disease; Molecular epidemiology; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SUDAN; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; SUDAN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 77958086474     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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