Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9783540224198
Subjects: Immunology; Medical microbiology & virology; Microbiology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Infectious Diseases; Medical / Infectious Diseases
First sentence: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is of great antiquity, and written records date back to a description of the disease by a monk, Hieronymous Fracastorius, who in 1546 described an epidemic which occurred in cattle near Verona, Italy.