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TITLE	Foot and Mouth Disease
ISBN	0-444-51302-7
URL	Hyperlink
AUTHORS	Rowlands, D.J.
EDITION
VOLUME
PAGES	280
IMPRINT	Elsevier
BINDING	TP
DESCRIPTION	Paperback. Despite being caused by one of the smallest animal viruses, FMD is the most feared infection of domestic livestock; why is this so? There are three main reasons: 1) its facility for rapid spread is tremendous - it is often quoted as being the most infectious disease agent known; 2) its high morbidity - typically all members of a flock or herd of susceptible animals will become infected; 3) the loss of productivity associated with infection is about 25% - an unsupportable financial burden in modern farming practice. Its destructive potential has long been recognised and even in the 19th century considerable sums were invested in research into the nature and control of the disease. Because of this initial support and its continuation through the intervening years FMDV research has scored some notable goals in the advancement of fundamental virology. For example, it was the first animal disease to be shown to be caused by a virus, given the defini
PUBDATE	01-Jan-03
USD	55
Euro	55
REVIEW
TOC	Introduction. 1. Historical perspectives (F. Brown). 2. Molecular basis of pathogenesis (P.W. Mason et al.). 3. Structure and receptor binding (T. Jackson et al.). 4. Evolution (E. Domingo et al.). 5. Molecular epidemiology (N. Knowles et al.). 6. Vaccines (T. Doel). 7. Control and eradication (P. Sutmoller et al.). 8. Wildlife (G.R. Thomson et al.).
SUBJECT	Virology
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SUPER AREA	Life Sciences

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