Genetic diversity of serotype A foot-and-mouth disease viruses in Kenya from 1964 to 2013; implications for control strategies in eastern Africa

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 408-417

  Wekesa, Sabenzia N ^a,b   Sangula, Abraham K ^a   Belsham, Graham J ^c   Muwanika, Vincent B ^b   Heller, Rasmus ^d,e   Balinda, Sheila N ^b   Masembe, Charles ^b   Siegismund, Hans R ^d  

^a Wellcome Inst Res Foot and Mouth Dis   (Kenya)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Department of Biology ^*  (Denmark)

^e INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Africa; FMDV; Genotype; Kenya; Lineage; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KENYA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GENETICS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; KENYA; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84891818007     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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