M. Pérez-Filgueira - Foot-and-mouth disease research gap analysis workshop 2018

Open Session of the EuFMD – 2018 – Increasing Global Security in the supply of effective vaccines – 29-31 October 2018 -Borgo Egnazia, Italy

Introduction
During June 2018, the US Dept. of Agriculture, together with the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA, Argentina) and the Global Foot and Mouth Disease Research Alliance (GFRA) organized the “FMD Research Gap Analysis Workshop” in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the third edition of this workshop held with the purpose of bringing together FMD experts worldwide to assess gaps in the scientific information and veterinary medical countermeasures needed to control FMD on a global scale. The workshop was twoand-a-half days long, and it was organized into thematic blocks including vaccines, immunity, diagnosis, epidemiology, virology and pathogenesis. Due to the dynamics of the meeting, the number of participants was limited to approximately thirty with a broad expertise representation, including researchers from different areas of knowledge, representatives of national and international sanitary and regulatory bodies, as well as representatives from vaccine manufacturing industry worldwide. Each thematic block (2 hours each) was coordinated by two experts who introduced the state of knowledge, as well as directed the discussion with the rest of the attendees to assess where gaps remain. The final day of the meeting, the participants were divided into smaller groups to prepare a brief summary by thematic blocks. For this presentation, we will briefly share some of the gaps identified, making special focus in the FMD vaccines and immunity sections.

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