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Medical Definition of Foot-and-mouth disease virus
1. A picornavirus of the genus Rhinovirus causing foot-and-mouth disease of cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and wild ruminants; it has wide distribution throughout Africa and Asia, causing serious economic losses; the virus is spread by contamination of the animal environment with infected saliva and excreta. Synonym: FMD virus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus
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