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ArticleJournal of veterinary science2019

Low topotype diversity of recent foot-and-mouth disease virus serotypes O and A from districts located along the Uganda and Tanzania border.

Susan Diana Kerfua, Gabriel Shirima, Lughano Kusiluka, Chrisostom Ayebazibwe, Esau Martin, Eugene Arinaitwe, Sarah Cleaveland, Daniel T Haydon

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Article in Journal of veterinary science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Susan Diana KerfuaDepartment of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, P.O.Box 447, Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-0134
Gabriel ShirimaDepartment of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, P.O.Box 447, Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7768-711X
Lughano KusilukaDepartment of Global Health and Biomedical Sciences, Mzumbe University, Morogoro, P.O.Box 1, Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-3209
Chrisostom AyebazibweNational Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiological Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, P.O.Box 53, Uganda.
Esau MartinDepartment of Immunology, National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiological Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, P.O.Box 53, Uganda.
Eugene ArinaitweDepartment of Molecular Biology, National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiological Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Entebbe, P.O.Box 53, Uganda.
Sarah CleavelandInstitute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959
Daniel T HaydonInstitute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries · UGUniversity of Glasgow · GBMzumbe University · TZNational Agricultural Research Institute · UGNelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology · TZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most important livestock diseases in East Africa with outbreaks reported annually that cause severe economic losses. It is possible to control disease using vaccination, but antigenic matching of the vaccine to circulating strains is critical. To determine the relationship between foot-and-mouth disease viruses circulating in districts along the Uganda and Tanzanian border between 2016 and 2017 and currently used vaccines, phylogenetic analysis of the full VP1 virus sequences was carried out on samples collected from both sides of the border. A total of 43 clinical samples were collected from animals exhibiting signs of FMD and VP1 sequences generated from 11 of them. Eight out of the 11 sequences obtained belonged to serotype O and three belonged to serotype A. The serotype O sequences obtained showed limited nucleotide divergence (average of 4.9%) and belonged to topotype East Africa-2, whereas the most common O-type vaccine strain used in the region (O/KEN/77/78) belonged to East Africa-1. The serotype A viruses belonged to topotype Africa-G1 (average nucleotide divergence 7.4%), as did vaccine strain K5/1980. However, vaccine strain K35/1980 belonged to Africa G VII with an average sequence divergence of 20.5% from the study sequences. The genetic distances between current vaccine strains and circulating field strains underscores the crucial need for regular vaccine matching and the importance of collaborative efforts for better control of FMD along this border area.

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AnimalsCapsid ProteinsCattleCattle DiseasesFoot-and-Mouth DiseaseFoot-and-Mouth Disease VirusGenetic VariationPhylogenyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence Analysis, DNASerogroupTanzaniaUgandaCapsid ProteinsVP1 protein, Foot-and-mouth disease virusEast AfricaFoot-and-mouth diseasesequencestopotypevirus

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