Are the knowledge, tools and resources to control foot and mouth disease available?

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals. Together with other diseases highlighted in this special edition of the Scientific and Technical Review, the circulation of FMD virus in different parts of the world has shaped the work of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) over the past hundred years. In 2012, the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, led by WOAH and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, established a joint FMD working group and a strategy for the control of FMD.

Superficial Papular Neuroma: Two Cases of a Distinctive Dermal Neoplasm.

Superficial papular neuroma is a rare cutaneous spindle cell lesion, with only 5 cases reported in 2 studies. We document 2 additional cases in a 45-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman (the first case identified in a woman). Clinically, superficial papular neuromas appear as a single, non-specific papule on the head, neck, or back.

Evaluation of commercial quadrivalent foot-and-mouth disease vaccines against east African virus strains reveals limited immunogenicity and duration of protection.

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes a contagious disease (FMD) in cloven-hoofed animals. For FMD-endemic countries, vaccination is critical for controlling disease but is rarely monitored, despite substantial funds spent on vaccine purchases. We evaluated antibody responses in cattle to two commercial vaccines each containing antigens of four FMDV serotypes.