To implement the recommendation from the OIE SEACFMD LabNet meeting organised in September 2017 in Lanzhou, China on improving FMD outbreak virus diagnosis to strengthen molecular epidemiological surveillance, the OIE and FAO jointly organised the FMD Regional Expert Group (REG) Meeting on 14-16 May 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The meeting identified leading institutes and experts to develop protocols on FMD molecular diagnostic algorithm and field sampling procedures. The meeting outputs are expected to strengthen SEACFMD Member Countries’ capacity on FMD virus diagnosis and characterisation.