Epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus serotype O in Thailand during 2017-2019
Abstract
Backgrounds: Until 2015, three lineages of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype O had
been found in Thailand including O/SEA/Mya-98, O/ME-SA/PanAsia and O/Cathy before O/ME-SA/
Ind2001e was found in 2016. Due to economic loss caused by FMD outbreak, vaccine produced by Thai
DLD using O/TAI/189/87 as the virus seed is currently used as a main effective control measure.
To suggest that the vaccine can possibly protect against all the lineages, a molecular epidemiological
study of FMDV serotype O in Thailand during 2017-2019 was performed.
The Thai Veterinary Medical Association Under Royal Patronage