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Contents
1. What is foot-and-mouth disease(FMD)? 4
2. Epidemics of FMD in Korea(since 2000) 4
3. Outbreaks of FMD during 2014/2015 6
4. Phylogenetical analysis of FMD virus of 2014/2015 epidemics 8
5. The reason why the virus of the 2014 outbreaks was not a recurrence caused by the virus remaining from the epidemic of 2010/2011 9
6. Pathways of FMD virus: introduction into Korea and farms 10
A. Epidemic of July to August 2014 10
B. Epidemic of December 2014 to April 2015 11
7. Epidemiological characteristics of FMD outbreaks between December 2014 and April 2015 12
8. Recommendations from the Epidemiological Investigation Committee 13
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