Molecular Characterization of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses Collected in Tanzania Between 1967 and 2009

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e19-e29

  Kasanga, C J ^a   Wadsworth, J ^b   Mpelumbe Ngeleja, C A R ^c   Sallu, R ^c   Kivaria, F ^d   Wambura, P N ^a   Yongolo, M G S ^c   Rweyemamu, M M ^a   Knowles, N J ^b   King, D P ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA)   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease virus; Genotypes topotypes; Molecular epidemiology; Serotypes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84940598355     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12200     Document Type: Article

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