2008 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 27-35
After the large epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) hit Europe in 2001, vaccination strategy against FMD has drawn considerable attention as one of disease containment approaches. This is supported by recent technical innovations, such as development of diagnostic methods to distinguish the antibody induced by infection from that by vaccination. However, there are a lot of technical and management issues to be considered for actual application of vaccination strategies upon the outbreak. This article reviews current technical issues related to FMD vaccine and the recent examples where vaccination was used for the disease control. It also discusses recent trends over the FMD vaccination strategies.
