Serological and biochemical analysis of some recent type a foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates from the Middle East

Samuel et al. (1988) studied Foot-and-mouth disease (n=29). Recent FMDV type A isolates vs. Classical A22 reference strains was evaluated on Antigenic and genetic relatedness to reference strains. Recent foot-and-mouth disease virus type A isolates from Saudi Arabia and Iran were genetically divergent from each other and from classical A22 reference strains, indicating multiple co-circulating variants.