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Foot-and-mouth disease: A new antiviral stops the super-spreader in its tracks

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Tatsuya Nishi and Kazuki Morioka tested the effectiveness of antiviral drug T-1105 against foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in pigs.

Dr Tatsuya Nishi and Dr Kazuki Morioka from the National Institute of Animal Health at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan, have been testing a promising treatment against foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Feeding pigs an antiviral drug (T-1105) may prevent any outbreak from spreading since it inhibits pigs from producing virus particles. Pigs are currently thought to be […]

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