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Understanding FMDV persistence in African buffalo

ReferenceBBS/E/I/00001523
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr Nicholas Juleff
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The Pirbright Institute
DepartmentThe Pirbright Institute Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 38,300
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/02/2011
End date 31/01/2015
Duration48 months

Abstract

We have recently identified depots of non-replicating FMDV in lymphoid tissue draining the head and neck of cattle [13], sheep and buffalo after recovery from acute infection . The focus of this proposal is to determine whether these depots act as an archive of the population of viruses that have circulated in the animal since the onset of infection. A diverse population of viruses may be present in these depots as a result of the complexity of the initial inoculums, mutations and recombination occurring during virus replication and repeated infection with multiple strains and serotypes.

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Committee Not funded via Committee
Research TopicsAnimal Health, Microbiology
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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