Characterization of Foot-And-Mouth Disease Viruses (FMDVs) from Ugandan Cattle Outbreaks during 2012-2013: Evidence for Circulation of Multiple Serotypes

• Alice Namatovu,

  Affiliations National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, P. O. Box 513, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Biotechnical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

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• Kirsten Tjørnehøj,

  Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, DK-4771 Kalvehave, Denmark

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• Graham J. Belsham ,

  * E-mail: grbe@vet.dtu.dk

  Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, DK-4771 Kalvehave, Denmark

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• Moses T. Dhikusooka,

  Affiliation National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, P. O. Box 513, Entebbe, Uganda

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• Sabenzia N. Wekesa,

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Management, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, Foot-and-Mouth Disease Laboratory, Ministry of Livestock Development, P. O. Box 18021, Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Vincent B. Muwanika,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Management, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

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• Hans R. Siegismund,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, DK-2200, Denmark

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• Chrisostom Ayebazibwe

  Affiliation National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, P. O. Box 513, Entebbe, Uganda

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