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Published online 10 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030106-14

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Foot and mouth strategy strengthened

Antiviral could cover vaccines' weak spot.

An antiviral drug could avert future foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemics, scientists say1. Combined with vaccination, the drug gives slow-acting vaccines time to kick in.

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