| foot and mouth disease in mali: the current situation and proposed control strategies. | two main reasons prompted the authors to write this paper. first, outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (fmd) have occurred repeatedly in mali and neighbouring countries during the last decade. secondly, there is a pressing need for control strategies, since the first molecular epidemiological studies of fmd virus in west africa have demonstrated that fmd transmission across national boundaries is common in this region. the authors discuss the fmd outbreaks that occurred during the period of 1980 ... | 2004 | 15861881 |