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Molecular characterization of the foot-and-mouth disease virus responsible for the 2006 Egyptian outbreaks identified it as serotype A, closely related to recent isolates from East Africa.
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The FMD serotype A virus responsible for recent outbreaks in Egypt is closely related to East African isolates rather than Middle Eastern ones.
We describe the characterization of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype A virus responsible for recent outbreaks of disease in Egypt. Phylogenetic analysis of VP1 nucleotide sequences demonstrated a close relationship to recent FMD virus isolates from East Africa, rather than to viruses currently circulating in the Middle East.
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Knowles et al. (2007) conducted an observational in Foot-and-mouth disease (n=5). Foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A was evaluated on Virus serotype identification and phylogenetic characterization. Molecular characterization of the foot-and-mouth disease virus responsible for the 2006 Egyptian outbreaks identified it as serotype A, closely related to recent isolates from East Africa.
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