Roadmap for the research to underpin the development of control strategies for FMD

What are we trying to achieve and why? What is the problem we are trying to solve?

To study multiple infection and viral competition.

What are the scientific and technological challenges (knowledge gaps needing to be addressed)?

• Study field situations such as competition during multiple infections in wild species and persistence.
• Study multiple infection and viral competition (e.g. it is not known if shedding can be triggered by other infectious diseases, such as Bovine Viral Diarrhea).
• Identifying issues related with co-circulation of different virus lineages.

What approaches could/should be taken to address the research question?

What else needs to be done before we can solve this need?

Surveillance data.

Existing knowledge including successes and failures