Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines

Developing Vaccines against Foot-and-Mouth Disease: a Biotechnological Approach

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious viral disease of livestock with significant economic effect. It is prevalent in various regions of Asia, Africa, and South America. The causative agent of this disease is called foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), which is a member of Aphthovirus genus. Vaccination is an effective technique to prevent the complications of FMD and to eradicate the di...

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) vaccines

Foot-and-mouth is a disease of global socioeconomic importance, with vaccination the principle tool for control in endemic countries. Improvements in vaccines require advances in our understanding of the host immune response, one aspect of which the study group is asked to consider. Major problems limit the capacity of FMDV vaccines to control infections in developing countries. The virus is no...

Foot and mouth disease virus vaccines.

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and economically devastating disease of livestock. Although vaccines, available since the early 1900s, have been instrumental in eradicating FMD from parts of the world, the disease still affects millions of animals around the globe and remains the main sanitary barrier to the commerce of animals and animal products. Currently available inacti...

Requirements for improved vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease epidemics

Inactivated foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines are currently used worldwide. With the emergence of various FMD virus serotypes and subtypes, vaccines must become more suitable for field-based uses under the current circumstances in terms of the fast and proper selection of vaccine strains, an extended vaccine development period for new viruses, protecting against the risk of virus leakage du...

Lyophilizing Foot-and Mouth Disease Virus at Low Drying Temperature