5. Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the skilled assistance of Mr. Diego Compaired with cell cultures and the technical help of Ms. Pamela Angeletti, the valuable work of BSc Juan Schammas and Eng. Javier Rosende in the BSL-4OIE facilities at CICVyA-INTA, the technical assistance at INTA bioterium of Eng. Gabriel Pinto and Ms. Sandra Rivarola, the help with flow cytometer measurements of Ms. Paula Blanco from CIO-FUCA and BSc. Julieta Alcain from IMEX-CONICET, and the provision of A/Argentina/2001 binary ethylene-imine (BEI)-inactivated FMDV by Biogenesis Bago S.A.