书目名称 | Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus | 编辑 | Brian W.J. Mahy | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been recognized in printed records dating from the sixteenth century, and since the eradication of rinderpest (cattle plague) in the early part of the twentieth century it has been rec- nized as the most important and feared disease of cattle and other dom- tic livestock. The beginning of the twenty-first century brought the worst outbreak of FMD ever experienced in England, which had been completely free of the disease for 33 years. This tragic epidemic, which spread to Northern Ireland, Scotland, France and the Netherlands with severe e- nomic consequences, emphasized the need for further research into better methods for the detection and control of the disease. FMD is caused by a small RNA virus which is highly contagious and can survive in meat and other animal products for long periods at normal pH levels. The virus typically infects cloven-hoofed animals, including c- tle, goats, pigs and sheep, as well as a wide range of non-domesticated a- mals in regions of the world where FMD virus is endemic, such as the Af- can continent. There are seven recognized serotypes of FMD virus, with numerous subtypes, and as a consequence vaccine production an | 出版日期 | Book 2005 | 关键词 | Aphthovirus; Equine Rhinitis; Picornaviridae; RNA; RNA virus; pathogenesis; vaccine; virus | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/b138628 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-06123-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-540-27109-3Series ISSN 0070-217X Series E-ISSN 2196-9965 | issn_series | 0070-217X | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE |
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