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ReviewVirology journal2023

A review of foot-and-mouth disease in Ethiopia: epidemiological aspects, economic implications, and control strategies.

Girma Zewdie, Mirtneh Akalu, Wondwossen Tolossa, Hassen Belay, Getaw Deresse, Mariamawit Zekarias, Yeneneh Tesfaye

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Review in Virology journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Girma ZewdieNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. girmazewdie19@gmail.com.
Mirtneh AkaluNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Wondwossen TolossaNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Hassen BelayAfrica Union Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Center (AU-PANVAC), P. O. Box: 1746, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Getaw DeresseNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Mariamawit ZekariasNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
Yeneneh TesfayeNational Veterinary Institute (NVI), P. O. Box: 19, Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
National Veterinary Institute · ETAfrican Union · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious viral disease that affects the livelihoods and productivity of livestock farmers in endemic regions. It can infect various domestic and wild animals with cloven hooves and is caused by a virus belonging to the genus Aphthovirus and family Picornaviridae, which has seven different serotypes: A, O, C, SAT1, SAT2, SAT3, and Asia-1. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the molecular epidemiology, economic impact, diagnosis, and control measures of FMD in Ethiopia in comparison with the global situation. The genetic and antigenic diversity of FMD viruses requires a thorough understanding for developing and applying effective control strategies in endemic areas. FMD has direct and indirect economic consequences on animal production. In Ethiopia, FMD outbreaks have led to millions of USD losses due to the restriction or rejection of livestock products in the international market. Therefore, in endemic areas, disease control depends on vaccinations to prevent animals from developing clinical disease. However, in Ethiopia, due to the presence of diverse antigenic serotypes of FMD viruses, regular and extensive molecular investigation of new field isolates is necessary to perform vaccine-matching studies to evaluate the protective potential of the vaccine strain in the country.

Indexed as

Cattle DiseasesFoot-and-Mouth DiseaseFoot-and-Mouth Disease VirusVaccinesAnimalsCattleDisease OutbreaksEthiopiaMolecular EpidemiologySerogroupVaccinesControlDiagnosisEconomic importanceEpidemiologyEthiopiaFMDFMDVVirus

Identifiers

PMID38102688
PMCPMC10724896
OpenAlexW4389782986

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