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Volume 15, Number 9—September 2009
Research

Genetic Characterization of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses, Ethiopia, 1981–2007

Gelagay Ayelet, Mana MahapatraComments to Author , Esayas Gelaye, Berhe G. Egziabher, Tesfaye Rufeal, Mesfin Sahle, Nigel P. Ferris, Jemma Wadsworth, Geoffrey H. Hutchings, and Nick J. Knowles
Author affiliations: National Veterinary Institute, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia (G. Ayelet, E. Gelaye, B.G. Egziabher); Institute for Animal Health, Woking, UK (G. Ayelet, M. Mahapatra, N.P. Ferris, J. Wadsworth, G.H. Hutchings, N.J. Knowles); National Animal Health Diagnosis and Investigation Centre, Sebeta, Ethiopia (T. Rufeal, M. Sahle)

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Table 2

Serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease viruses isolated in Ethiopia, 1981–2007*

Year Serotype
Total
O A C SAT 1 SAT 2
1981 2 2
1982 10 8 18
1983 4 3 7
1984 7 7
1985 7 7
1986 2 2 4
1987 6 6
1988 3 3
1989 3 2 5
1990 15 2 17
1991 2 4 6
1992 12 1 13
1993 4 4
1994 10 12 22
1995 5 5
1996 1 1 2
1997† 0
1998 10 10
1999 16 16
2000 3 1 4
2001 12 12
2002 1 1
2003 3 3
2004 26 26
2005 4 4
2006 7 7
2007
4
1

4
1
10
Total 162 43 3 4 9 221

*SAT, Southern African Territories; –, not isolated.
†Samples not collected or not received.

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