Abstract
The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease type O virus originating from an epidemic in Greece in 1994 is reported. This virus belongs to the Middle East-South Asia topotype.
Highlights
The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease type O virus originating from an epidemic in Greece in 1994 is reported
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus belongs to the genus Aphthovirus within the family Picornaviridae and causes FMD in cloven-hooved animals
The 1994 FMD virus (FMDV) epidemic in Greece began with high morbidity in sheep
Summary
The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease type O virus originating from an epidemic in Greece in 1994 is reported. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus belongs to the genus Aphthovirus within the family Picornaviridae and causes FMD in cloven-hooved animals. FMD virus has a positive-sense singlestranded RNA genome of approximately 8.3 kb, which contains a single open reading frame (ORF) encoding 4 structural and 10 nonstructural proteins [1].
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