About the Authors

Ahmed Abd El Wahed

abdelwahed@me.com

Affiliations Department of Virology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany, Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Ayman El-Deeb

Affiliation Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Mohamed El-Tholoth

Affiliation Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Hanaa Abd El Kader

Affiliation Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Abeer Ahmed

Affiliation Animal Health Research Institute, Faiyum, Egypt

Sayed Hassan

Affiliation Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

Bernd Hoffmann

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Bernd Haas

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Mohamed A. Shalaby

Affiliation Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Frank T. Hufert

Affiliation Department of Virology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany

Manfred Weidmann

Affiliation Department of Virology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAEW MAS FTH MW. Performed the experiments: AAEW AED MET HA AA SH B. Hoffmann B. Haas. Analyzed the data: AAEW B. Hoffmann B. Haas MAS FTH MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AED MET HA AA SH B. Hoffmann B. Haas MW. Wrote the paper: AAEW MW. Critical revision of the manuscript: AAEW AED MET HA AA SH B. Hoffmann B. Haas MAS FTH MW. FMDV screening during outbreak in Egypt 2012: AED MET HA AA MAS.