The role of wild animals, other than buffalo, in the current epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Zimbabwe
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Population
7,970 wild ungulates comprising 14 different species in Zimbabwe
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
Suggests minimal FMD role for non-buffalo ungulates; leaves open their contribution in other regions or future outbreaks.
Structured PICO
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Population
7,970 wild ungulates comprising 14 different species in Zimbabwe
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Outcome
Presence of antibodies to types SAT 1, SAT 2 and SAT 3 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus
Wild ungulates other than buffalo can become infected with FMD virus but have not played a significant role in recent FMD transmission in Zimbabwe.
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Anderson et al. (1993) studied this question.
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