Clin Exp Vaccine Res.  2016 Jan;5(1):83-87. 10.7774/cevr.2016.5.1.83.

Novel foot-and-mouth disease virus in Korea, July-August 2014

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  • 1Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Anyang, Korea. parkjhvet@korea.kr

Abstract

Despite nation-wide immunization with O, A, and Asia 1 type vaccines in Republic of Korea, foot-and-mouth disease type O occurred again in July 2014 after three years and three months. This virus was a Mya-98 strain of the Southeast Asian topotype and was most similar to the identified type that circulated in East Asia in 2014. This was new virus with the deletion of 23 amino acids in 3A/3B1 region and low pathogenic property.

Keyword

Foot-and-mouth disease; Sequence deletion; Vaccination; Korea

MeSH Terms

Amino Acids
Animals
Asia
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Far East
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus*
Foot-and-Mouth Disease*
Humans
Immunization
Korea*
Republic of Korea
Sequence Deletion
Vaccination
Vaccines
Amino Acids
Vaccines
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