Foot-and-mouth Disease Transmission in Africa: Implications for Control, a Review

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 136-151

  Tekleghiorghis, T ^a,b   Moormann, R J M ^a,c   Weerdmeester, K ^a   Dekker, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Eritrea)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Animal husbandry; Foot and mouth disease; Serotype; Topotype; Transmission; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BUFFALO; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GENETICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BUFFALOES; COMMERCE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84959497688     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12248     Document Type: Review

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