A replication analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus in swine lymphoid tissue might indicate a putative copyright stage in pigs
Abstract Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMVD), one of the most contagious viruses of cloven-hoofed animals, may cause a prolonged, asymptomatic but persistent infection in ruminants, named the "copyright state".However, it remains an open question whether this copyright state occurs in pigs.Here we present quantitative analyses of the click here dur