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OpenSessionoftheEuFMD-Cascais–Portugal26-28October2016
Evalua&ngthesurvivalofFootandMouthDiseaseVirusintheenvironment
EmmaBrown
Researchassistant,ThePirbrightIns2tute
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Studyoutline:
q 4xca>letransmissionexperimentstostudyenvironmentalcontamina&onandvirussurvival
q Environmentalsamplingtoes&matethedecreaseinenvironmentinfec&ousnessover&me
q Developmentofenvironmentalsamplingmethodsforsurveillance
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Transmissionstudies#1&2:Experimentalplan
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Transmissionstudies#1&2:Samplingplan
Samplescollected:
q 2Wallswabs(50x50area)q 5Faecalsamplesq 5Floorswabs(10x10area)q 1Foodtroughswab
Temperature:19°CRela&vehumidity:60%
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Transmissionstudies#1&2:Results-Roomhousingdirectcontactdonors
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Transmissionstudies#1&2:Results-Roomhousinginoculateddonors
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Transmissionstudies#3&4:Experimentalplan/Samplingplan
AlteraRonstothesamplingplan: q 5WallSwabs(10x10cm)q 2Foodtroughswabs
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Transmissionstudies#3&4:Results:roomhousinginoculateddonors
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Transmissionstudies#3&4:Results:roomhousingdirectcontactdonors(Pre-clinical)
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Transmissionstudies#3&4:Results:roomhousingdirectcontactdonors(Clinical)
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Conclusions
q Liveviruscanbedetectedupto7daysaVerroomhasbeenevacuated.
q Onaverageliveviruswasdetectedhighestandlongestinfaeces.q Onaveragethelowestviruswasdetectedonthewallsandshortestonthefoodtrough.q TherewasnotalargedifferencebetweenvirusRtreandsurvivalRmebetweentheroomscontaminatedbyclinicalemissioncomparedtopre-clinicalemissions.q Theresultsofthisstudywillbecombinedwiththoseoftheriskoftransmissionfromexposuretocontaminatedenvironment.ThiswillgiveabeYerunderstandingoftheeffectofdisinfecRonandwaiRngRmebeforere-populaRononthecontrolofFMDoutbreaks.
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Acknowledgments
ThePirbrightIns&tute:DrClaireColenuYDrSimonGubbinsMrNoelNelsonWageningenBioveterinaryResearch(WBR)(formallyCVI):DrJoseGonzalesDrPhaedraEbléDrAldoDekkerAspecialthankstoalltheanimalstaffatbothinsRtutes