Technical meeting on requirements for handling foot-and-mouth disease vírus exogenous strains to the region: report of the meeting (Rio de Janeiro, 6-7 July 2016)

Abstract

The meeting was opened with a presentation analyzing COHEFA 12’s request in Resolution 4, which asked COSALFA to examine the requirements and conditions of biological biosafety necessary to review the restrictions imposed to the handling of FMD virus strains exogenous to the region. These restrictions derive from Resolution IX of COSALFA 28 meeting, which established the inconvenience of introducing/maintaining/handling foot-and-mouth virus strains exogenous to the region due to the potential of viral escape with the resulting consequences for the health of herds and the agricultural economy of the Region.