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October 1, 2002Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Possible Role That Buffalo Played in the Recent Outbreaks of Foot‐and‐Mouth Disease in South Africa

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Population

African buffalo and foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates from outbreaks and Kruger National Park

Design

Other

Authors

WVWilna VoslooCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationKBKARIN BOSHOFFOnderstepoort Veterinary InstituteRDRahana DwarkaOnderstepoort Veterinary Institute

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Implication

May guide fencing and vaccination near wildlife reserves; leaves open generalizability to other regions or serotypes.

Structured PICO

P
Population
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus isolates from outbreaks and Kruger National Park
I
Intervention
Phylogenetic analysis of the VP1 gene
O
Outcome
Phylogenetic relationships between virus isolates

Phylogenetic analysis confirms that escaped buffalo from Kruger National Park were the likely source of recent FMD outbreaks in South Africa, highlighting the importance of fencing and vaccination.

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Vosloo et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7231ee2163a0a01bc5fbc4https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04376.x
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