Genetic stability of foot-and-mouth disease virus during long-term infections in natural hosts

• Lisbeth Ramirez-Carvajal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: luis.rodriguez@ars.usda.gov (LLR); lizramirez@gmail.com (LRC)

  Current address: Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal and Institute for Health Research (INISA) University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

  Affiliations Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Steven J. Pauszek,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, United States of America

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• Zaheer Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, United States of America

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• Umer Farooq,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Health Program, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Khalid Naeem,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Animal Health Program, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Reed S. Shabman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Timothy B. Stockwell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Current address: National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Luis L. Rodriguez

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: luis.rodriguez@ars.usda.gov (LLR); lizramirez@gmail.com (LRC)

  Affiliation Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, United States of America

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