Abstract
The economically important foot-and-mouth disease has been successfully controlled in Western Europe by comprehensive immunization using killed vaccine. The author discusses the wisdom of abandoning this policy, and outlines research into alternative vaccines using recombinant DNA technology, in particular using synthetic peptides.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antigenic Variation
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Antigens, Viral / immunology
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Aphthovirus / immunology*
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Capsid / immunology
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Europe
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease / prevention & control*
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Peptide Fragments / chemical synthesis
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Peptide Fragments / immunology
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Vaccination*
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Vaccines, Synthetic*
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Viral Proteins / immunology
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Viral Vaccines*
Substances
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Antigens, Viral
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Peptide Fragments
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Vaccines, Synthetic
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Viral Proteins
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Viral Vaccines