Quantifying the Risk of Localised Animal Movement Bans for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Quantifying the Risk of Localised Animal Movement Bans for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

The maintenance of disease-free status from Foot-and-Mouth Disease is of significant socio-economic importance to countries such as the UK. The imposition of bans on the movement of susceptible livestock following the discovery of an outbreak is deemed necessary to prevent the spread of what is a highly contagious disease, but has a significant economic impact on the agricultural community in i...

Risk factors for severe hand foot and mouth disease

Background: Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina are enteroviral infectious diseases caused mainly by Coxsackie virus A (CA) or enterovirus 71 (EV71). From 2000 to 2002, many complicated cases were reported in Japan, therefore a nationwide questionnaire survey was carried out to assess the situation. The subjects were patients with HFMD or herpangina, or other enterovirus infection...

Lyophilizing Foot-and Mouth Disease Virus at Low Drying Temperature

Indirect Complement Fixation in Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Foot and Mouth Disease