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The occurrence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) has been on the rise in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) regions in the past years with devastating losses affecting livelihoods, food security and national economies. FMD and PPR are two of the most ubiquitous and contagious transboundary animal diseases (TADs) in NENA countries causing significant negative impact due to, amongst other reasons, reductions in animal productivity and costs associated with control and vaccination efforts...[Read more]
Knowing the genetic information (also known as genome) of an organism helps scientists to better understand pathogens in order to control diseases. For example, in order to create a targeted vaccine for an animal disease such as Avian influenza or Foot-and-mouth disease, it is necessary to identify the lineage of the virus to reveal the type of vaccine needed...[Read more] Latest publication
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