Official name:Republic of Botswana
WRLFMD code:BOT
FMD first recorded: 
FMD eradicated: 
Subsequent outbreaks: 
Serotypes (last rpt): 
Current status:Sporadic
Useful websites: 
FMDV SerotypeYears (not comprehensive)
Untyped1932-1933
O-
A-
C-
Asia 1-
SAT 11948, 1950, 1957, 1960-1961, 1968, 1977, 1978, 2003, 2006, 2014-2015, 2020, 2023
SAT 21977-1978, 1980, 2002, 2005-2013, 2015, 2017
SAT 31958, 1960-1961, 1963-1965, 1966-1967 (carrier cattle)
NotesAll three SAT serotypes are endemic in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) population

WRLFMD batch no.Date ReceivedVirus samplesTypeTopotypeLineageSublineageWRLFMD Reports
 19/02/2002BOT 3/2002SAT 2nd--Detection
BOT 8/2002SAT 2nd--
BOT 11/2002SAT 2nd--
BOT 13/2002SAT 2nd--
BOT 15/2002SAT 2nd--
BOT 1/2002NVD---
BOT 2/2002NVD---
BOT 4/2002NVD---
BOT 5/2002NVD---
BOT 6/2002NVD---
BOT 7/2002NVD---
BOT 9/2002NVD---
BOT 10/2002NVD---
BOT 12/2002NVD---
BOT 14/2002NVD---
BOT 16/2002NVD---
BOT 17/2002NVD---
BOT 18/2002NVD---
BOT 19/2002NVD---
BOT 20/2002NVD---
BOT 21/2002NVD---
BOT 22/2002NVD---
BOT 23/2002NVD---
BOT 24/2002NVD---
BOT 25/2002NVD---
BOT 26/2002NVD---
BOT 27/2002NVD---
BOT 28/2002NVD---
WRLFMD/2003/00086
 to 
WRLFMD/2003/00104
14/01/2003BOT/1/2003NVD   Detection
BOT/2/2003NVD   
BOT/3/2003NVD   
BOT/4/2003NVD   
BOT/5/2003NVD   
BOT/6/2003NVD   
BOT/7/2003NVD   
BOT/8/2003NVD   
BOT/9/2003NVD   
BOT/10/2003NVD   
BOT/11/2003NVD   
BOT/12/2003NVD   
BOT/13/2003NVD   
BOT/14/2003NVD   
BOT/15/2003NVD   
BOT/16/2003NVD   
BOT/17/2003NVD   
BOT/18/2003NVD   
BOT/19/2003NVD   
WRLFMD/2003/0010525/01/2003BOT/20/2003NVD   Detection
WRLFMD/2004/0001517/05/2004BOT/29/2002SAT 2nd--Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
BOT/30/2002SAT 2nd--
WRLFMD/2005/0002222/08/2005BOT/1/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
BOT/2/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/4/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/5/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/6/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/7/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/8/2005SAT 2IIIunnamed-
WRLFMD/2006/0001311/05/2006BOT/1/2006SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
BOT/5/2006SAT 2IIunnamed​-
BOT/8/2006SAT 2IIunnamed​-
BOT/2/2006FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/3/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd​-
BOT/4/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd​-
BOT/6/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd​-
BOT/7/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd-
BOT/9/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd-
BOT/11/2006FMDV‑GD​nd​nd-
BOT/10/2006NVD   
WRLFMD/2006/0001905/07/2006BOT/12/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT1)
BOT/13/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/14/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/15/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/16/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/17/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/18/2006SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
WRLFMD/2006/0003408/12/2006BOT/20/2006*SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT1)
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT1)
BOT/22/2006*SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/24/2006*SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/28/2006FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/29/2006FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/33/2006FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/19/2006NVD  
BOT/21/2006NVD   
BOT/23/2006NVD   
BOT/25/2006NVD   
BOT/26/2006NVD   
BOT/27/2006NVD   
BOT/30/2006NVD   
BOT/31/2006NVD   
BOT/32/2006NVD   
BOT/34/2006NVD   
BOT/35/2006NVD   
BOT/36/2006NVD   
BOT/37/2006NVD  
WRLFMD/2007/0016013/11/2007BOT/2/2007SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
BOT/3/2007SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/5/2007SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/6/2007SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/4/2007FMDV‑GDndnd-
BOT/1/2007NVD   
WRLFMD/2008/0000311/02/2008BOT/1/2008NVD   Detection
BOT/2/2008NVD   
BOT/3/2008NVD   
BOT/4/2008NVD   
BOT/5/2008NVD   
WRLFMD/2008/0001010/04/2008BOT/6/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT2,sup1)
Vaccine(SAT2,sup2)
BOT/7/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/8/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/9/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/10/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/11/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2008/0002501/08/2008BOT/12/2008SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT2)
BOT/13/2008SAT 2IIunnamed​-
BOT/14/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/15/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2008/0002912/11/2008BOT/16/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT2)
BOT/18/2008SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/17/2008FMDV‑GDndnd​-
WRLFMD/2009/0003108/06/2009BOT/1/2009†SAT 2ndnd-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine(SAT2)
BOT/2/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/4/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2009/0003931/07/2009BOT/5/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine
BOT/6/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/7/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/8/2009SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2010/0003609/11/2010BOT/1/2010SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Vaccine
BOT/2/2010SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2010SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/4/2010SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/5/2010SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2011/0002810/06/2011BOT/1/2011SAT 2IIIunnamed- 
BOT/2/2011SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2011SAT 2Iunnamed​-
BOT/6/2011SAT 2Iunnamed​-
BOT/7/2011SAT 2Iunnamed​-
BOT/4/2011CONTAMINATED  
BOT/5/2011CONTAMINATED   
WRLFMD/2012/0003528/09/2012BOT/1/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping (SAT2)
Vaccine
BOT/2/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/4/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/5/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/6/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/6/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed-
BOT/7/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/7/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/8/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/9/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/10/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/11/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed-
BOT/12/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/13/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/14/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/15/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/16/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/17/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed-
BOT/18/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/19/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/20/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/21/2012SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
WRLFMD/2014/0003113/10/2014BOT/2/2014SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 1)
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine (SAT 1)
Vaccine (SAT 2)
BOT/3/2014SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/4/2014SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/1/2013SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/2/2013SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/3/2013FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/4/2013FMDV‑GDndnd-
BOT/5/2013FMDV‑GDndnd​-
BOT/6/2013NVD  
BOT/1/2014NVD  
WRLFMD/2015/0001913/08/2015BOT/1/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 1)
Vaccine
BOT/2/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-
WRLFMD/2016/0001910/06/2016BOT/4/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 1)
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
BOT/5/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/7/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/8/2015SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
BOT/3/2015SAT 2IIIunnamed​-
BOT/6/2015FMDV‑GDndnd​-
WRLFMD/2017/0002319/10/2017BOT/1/2017SAT 2IIIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2020/0002719/10/2020BOT08/2020SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed-Genotyping(SAT1)
BOT10/2020SAT 1III (WZ)unnamed​-
WRLMEG/2022/0002927/08/2022BOT02/2022SAT 2II--Genotyping(SAT2)
WRLMEG/2023/0003213/10/2023BOT/P/04/2023 ‡SAT 1III--Genotyping(SAT1)
WRLFMD/2023/00010511/12/2023BOT 2/2022FMDV GDnd--Detection
BOT 3/2022NGD   
BOT 4/2022NGD   
BOT 5/2022NGD   

Notes:
nd, not done
*, isolates from African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
†, no virus isolated in cell culture
‡, Not a WRLFMD reference number (only VP1 sequence received)