Moustafa T, el-Gadir F A
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Banha, Egypt.
Rev Sci Tech. 1993 Sep;12(3):831-7. doi: 10.20506/rst.12.3.719.
The present paper describes the status of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the eastern region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, over a three-year period from 1987 to 1989. The disease was prevalent among the various livestock populations in the study area. Type O appeared to be most prevalent followed by types A and Asia 1 which were recorded at lower incidences. Type C was not recorded during the period of study. Two isolates of each serotype were tested for antigenic relatedness to each other and to a reference virus. Both type O isolates were closely related but less related to the reference virus O1 BFS (1860). The type A isolates and the reference virus A22 IRQ 24/64 showed a similar degree of close interrelatedness. In contrast, the two Asia 1 field isolates, while being closely related, showed no antigenic relationship with the reference virus Asia 1 PAK 1/54. The possible implications of these results regarding the current situation of FMD control in the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries are discussed.
本文描述了1987年至1989年这三年间阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比东部地区口蹄疫（FMD）的状况。该疾病在研究区域的各类牲畜群体中普遍存在。O型似乎最为普遍，其次是A型和亚洲1型，它们的发病率较低。在研究期间未记录到C型。对每种血清型的两个分离株进行了彼此之间以及与参考病毒的抗原相关性测试。两个O型分离株密切相关，但与参考病毒O1 BFS（1860）的相关性较低。A型分离株与参考病毒A22 IRQ 24/64显示出相似程度的密切相关性。相比之下，两个亚洲1型野外分离株虽然密切相关，但与参考病毒亚洲1型PAK 1/54没有抗原关系。讨论了这些结果对阿拉伯联合酋长国及周边国家口蹄疫控制现状的可能影响。
