Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
WRLFMD code: SAU
FMD first recorded:  
FMD eradicated:  
Subsequent outbreaks:  
Serotypes (last rpt):  
Current status:  
Useful websites:  
FMDV Serotype Years (not comprehensive)
Untyped 2008, 2016, 2018
O 1971-1973, 1978, 1980-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2016, 2018
A 1973, 1976, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991-1995, 2005, 2011, 2015-2016
C 1984
Asia 1 1980, 1985-1992, 1994
SAT 1 1970
SAT 2 2000
SAT 3 -
Notes -

WRLFMD
batch no.
Date
Received
Type Virus
samples
Topotype Lineage Sublineage WRLFMD
Reports
  12/04/2000 SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAU 1/2000
SAU 2/2000
SAU 3/2000
SAU 4/2000
SAU 5/2000
SAU 6/2000
       
  28/04/2000 SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAU 7/2000
SAU 8/2000
SAU 9/2000
SAU 10/2000
SAU 11/2000
       
  17/05/2000 SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
SAT 2
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU 12/2000
SAU 13/2000
SAU 18/2000
SAU 19/2000
SAU 20/2000
SAU 14/2000
SAU 15/2000
SAU 16/2000
SAU 17/2000
SAU 21/2000
SAU 22/2000
       
  22/03/2001 O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
NVD
NVD
SAU 3/2001
SAU 1/2001
SAU 4/2001
SAU 5/2001
SAU 6/2001
SAU 8/2001
SAU 9/2001
SAU 10/2001
SAU 2/2001
SAU 7/2001
ME-SA
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

 
Ind-2001
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

 
Genotyping(O)
  14/04/2001 O
O
SAU 11/2001
SAU 12/2001
ME-SA
nd
Ind-2001
-
-
-
Genotyping(O)
  19/10/2001 O
O
SAU 13/2001
SAU 14/2001
ME-SA
-
PanAsia
-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
  22/03/2002 O
O
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU 1/2002
SAU 2/2002
SAU 3/2002
SAU 4/2002
SAU 5/2002
SAU 6/2002
SAU 7/2002
SAU 8/2002
SAU 9/2002
SAU 10/2002
SAU 11/2002
SAU 12/2002
SAU 13/2002
SAU 14/2002
SAU 15/2002
SAU 16/2002
SAU 17/2002
SAU 18/2002
SAU 19/2002
SAU 20/2002
SAU 21/2002
SAU 22/2002
SAU 23/2002
SAU 24/2002
SAU 25/2002
SAU 26/2002
SAU 27/2002
SAU 28/2002
SAU 29/2002
SAU 30/2002
SAU 31/2002
SAU 32/2002
SAU 33/2002
SAU 34/2002
SAU 35/2002
SAU 36/2002
SAU 37/2002
ME-SA
ME-SA
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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PanAsia
PanAsia
-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
​-
-
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-
​-
-
​-
​-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2004/00005 29/03/2004 FMDV‑GD SAU/1/2004 ME-SA PanAsia - Detection
Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2005/00010 11/04/2005 NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU/1/2005
SAU/2/2005
SAU/3/2005
      Detection
WRLFMD/2005/00015 20/06/2005 O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
SAU/4/2005
SAU/5/2005
SAU/6/2005
SAU/7/2005
SAU/8/2005
SAU/9/2005
SAU/10/2005
SAU/11/2005
SAU/12/2005
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
PanAsia
-
-
​-
-
-
​-
-
-
​-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(O,sup)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2005/00018 03/08/2005 O
O
SAU/13/2005
SAU/14/2005
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia
PanAsia
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2006/00001 07/01/2006 A
A
SAU/15/2005
SAU/16/2005
ASIA
ASIA
Iran-05
Iran-05
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine(A)
Vaccine(A,sup1)
Vaccine(A,sup2)
WRLFMD/2007/00017 31/05/2007 O
O
O
O
O
SAU/1/2007
SAU/2/2007
SAU/3/2007
SAU/4/2007
SAU/5/2007
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
-
-
​-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2008/00007 13/03/2008 O
O
SAU/1/2008
SAU/2/2008
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2008/00008 25/03/2008 O
O
O
O
O
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
SAU/3/2008
SAU/4/2008
SAU/5/2008
SAU/6/2008
SAU/7/2008
SAU/8/2008
SAU/9/2008
SAU/10/2008
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
nd
nd
nd
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
nd
nd
nd
-
-
​-
-
-
​-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2008/00021 11/07/2008 O SAU/11/2008 ME-SA PanAsia-2 - Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2009/00040 19/08/2009 O
O
SAU/1/2009
SAU/2/2009
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
FAR-09
FAR-09
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2012/00025 12/07/2012 O
O
O
O
SAU/1/2012
SAU/2/2012
SAU/3/2012
SAU/4/2012
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2
PanAsia-2​
PanAsia-2​
ANT-10
ANT-10
ANT-10
ANT-10
Detection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
WRLFMD/2013/00023 07/11/2013 O
O
O
NVD
NVD
SAU/1/2013
SAU/3/2013
SAU/4/2013
SAU/2/2013
SAU/5/2013
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA

 
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001

 
d
d
d

 
Detection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
WRLFMD/2013/00026 29/11/2013 O
O
O
SAU/6/2013
SAU/7/2013
SAU/8/2013
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
Ind-2001d
Ind-2001d
Ind-2001d
-
-
​-
Detection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
WRLFMD/2014/00005 17/02/2014 O SAU/1/2014 ME-SA Ind-2001d - Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2014/00014 25/03/2014 O
O
O
SAU/2/2014
SAU/3/2014
SAU/4/2014
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
Ind-2001d
Ind-2001d
Ind-2001d
-
-
​-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2015/00025 15/09/2015 A
A
SAU/1/2015
SAU/2/2015
ASIA
ASIA
G-VII
G-VII
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
Vaccine(sup1)
Vaccine(sup2)
WRLFMD/2015/00028 19/10/2015 A
A
SAU/3/2015
SAU/4/2015
ASIA
ASIA
G-VII
G-VII
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2015/00029 23/10/2015 A
A
SAU/5/2015
SAU/6/2015
ASIA
ASIA
G-VII
G-VII
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2016/00001 15/01/2016 A
A
SAU/7/2015
SAU/8/2015
ASIA
ASIA
G-VII
G-VII
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2016/00011 29/03/2016 O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
A
A
A
A
A
A
FMDV‑GD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU/18/2015
SAU/19/2015
SAU/20/2015
SAU/22/2015
SAU/1/2016
SAU/2/2016
SAU/3/2016
SAU/7/2016
SAU/10/2016
SAU/9/2015
SAU/14/2015
SAU/15/2015
SAU/16/2015
SAU/17/2015
SAU/21/2015
SAU/8/2016
SAU/10/2015
SAU/11/2015
SAU/12/2015
SAU/13/2015
SAU/4/2016
SAU/5/2016
SAU/6/2016
SAU/9/2016
SAU/11/2016
SAU/12/2016
SAU/13/2016
SAU/14/2016
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
nd











 
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
nd











 
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
-
-
-
-
-
-
-











 
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2016/00015 17/05/2016 O
A
NVD
SAU/17/2016*
SAU/15/2016
SAU/16/2016
ME-SA
ASIA
 
Ind-2001d
G-VII
 
-
-
 
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2016/00035 24/10/2016 O
A
A
SAU/18/2016
SAU/19/2016
SAU/20/2016
ME-SA
ASIA
ASIA
PanAsia-2
G-VII
G-VII
ANT-10
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2017/00002 28/02/2017 O
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU/27/2016
SAU/21/2016
SAU/22/2016
SAU/24/2016
SAU/37/2016
SAU/40/2016
SAU/41/2016
SAU/42/2016
SAU/29/2016
SAU/45/2016
SAU/23/2016
SAU/25/2016
SAU/26/2016
SAU/28/2016
SAU/30/2016
SAU/31/2016
SAU/32/2016
SAU/33/2016
SAU/34/2016
SAU/35/2016
SAU/36/2016
SAU/38/2016
SAU/39/2016
SAU/43/2016
SAU/44/2016
ME-SA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
nd
nd














 
PanAsia-2
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
G-VII
nd
nd














 
ANT-10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-














 
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2019/00011 28/02/2019 O
O
O
O
O
O
FMDV-GD
FMDV-GD
NVD
NVD
NVD
SAU/1/2018
SAU/2/2018
SAU/8/2018
SAU/9/2018
SAU/10/2018
SAU/11/2018
SAU/4/2018
SAU/7/2018
SAU/3/2018
SAU/5/2018
SAU/6/2018
ME‑SA
ME‑SA
ME‑SA
ME‑SA
ME‑SA
ME‑SA
nd
nd


 
Ind‑2001
Ind‑2001
Ind‑2001
Ind‑2001
Ind‑2001
Ind‑2001
nd
nd


 
e
e
​e
​e
​e
​e
-
-


 
Detection
Genotyping

nd, Not done.
*, not virus isolated in cell culture.