Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Middle East Caused by an A/ASIA/G-VII Virus Lineage, 2015–2016

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.170715
• Publication Date: 2018-04-10T13:56:29Z
• Authors: Katarzyna Bachane...; Antonello Di Nardo; Jemma Wadsworth; Elisabeth K.M. Henry; Ünal Parlak; Anna Timina; Alexey Mischenko; Ibrahim Ahmad Qasim; Darab Abdollahi; Munawar Sultana; M. Anwar Hossain; Donald P. King; Nick J. Knowles
• Keywords: Lineage (genetic); Indian subcontinent

Phylogenetic analyses of foot-and-mouth disease type A viruses in the Middle East during 2015-2016 identified belonging to A/ASIA/G-VII lineage, which originated Indian subcontinent. Changes a critical antigenic site within capsid viral protein 1 suggest possible evolutionary pressure caused by an intensive vaccination program.