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Host/Virus Interaction |
Transmission of FMD |
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Aerosol |
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Infected animals produce large amounts of virus as aerosols;
cattle, sheep and goats may exhale up to 5.2 log10 TCID50
of virus per day, but pigs, producing up to 8.6 log10 TCID50
per day - 3000 times more - represent a significantly greater source of
airborne infectious capability.
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