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  Current species name: Foot-and-mouth disease virus
Proposed binomial species name: Aphthovirus vesiculae
Derivation of binomial species name: vesiculae, latin for vesicle
Virus common name: Foot-and-mouth disease virus


The species
Foot-and-mouth disease virus consists of seven immunologically distinct serotypes named O, A, C, Southern African Territories (SAT) 1, SAT 2, SAT 3  and Asia 1.

Genome organisation:

VPg+5’UTRIRES-II[Lpro/1A-1B-1C-1D-2Anpgp/2B-2C/3A-3B1VPg-1-3B2VPg-2-3B3VPg-3-3Cpro-3Dpol]3’UTR-poly(A)

Search for foot-and-mouth disease virus sequences on GenBank

Search for complete/nearly complete (>7 Kb) foot-and-mouth disease virus genome sequences on GenBank


Important new FMD publications:

Porta, C., Kotecha, A., Burman, A., Jackson, T., Ren, J., Loureiro, S., Jones, I.M., Fry, E.E., Stuart, D.I. and Charleston, B. (2013). Rational engineering of recombinant picornavirus capsids to produce safe, protective vaccine antigen. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Mar;9(3):e1003255. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003255. Epub 2013 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 23544011

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FAO World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

FMD-CSF Coordination Action site

FMDV Sequence Data

 

 

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