The role of African buffalos (syncerus caffer) in the maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease in Uganda

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ayebazibwe, Chrisostom ^a   Mwiine, Frank N ^a,b   Tjørnehøj, Kirsten ^c   Balinda, Sheila N ^b   Muwanika, Vincent B ^b   Ademun Okurut, Anna R ^a   Belsham, Graham J ^c   Normann, Preben ^c   Siegismund, Hans R ^d   Alexandersen, Soren ^c,e  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BUBALUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UGANDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUFFALOES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; UGANDA;

EID: 78649957547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-54     Document Type: Article

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