Official name:Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
WRLFMD code:SAU
FMD first recorded: 
FMD eradicated: 
Subsequent outbreaks: 
Serotypes (last rpt): 
Current status: 
Useful websites: 
FMDV SerotypeYears (not comprehensive)
Untyped2004, 2008, 2016, 2018
O1971-1973, 1978, 1980-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2016, 2018
A1973, 1976, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991-1995, 2005, 2011, 2015-2016
C1984
Asia 11980, 1985-1992, 1994
SAT 11970
SAT 22000
SAT 3-
Notes-

FMD batch no.Date ReceivedVirus samplesTypeTopotypeLineageSublineageWRLFMD Reports
 12/04/2000SAU 1/2000SAT 2nd-- 
SAU 2/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 3/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 4/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 5/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 6/2000SAT 2nd--
 28/04/2000SAU 7/2000SAT 2nd-- 
SAU 8/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 9/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 10/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 11/2000SAT 2nd--
 17/05/2000SAU 12/2000SAT 2nd-- 
SAU 13/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 18/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 19/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 20/2000SAT 2nd--
SAU 14/2000NVDnd--
SAU 15/2000NVDnd--
SAU 16/2000NVDnd--
SAU 17/2000NVDnd--
SAU 21/2000NVDnd--
SAU 22/2000NVDnd--
 22/03/2001SAU 3/2001OME-SAInd-2001-Genotyping(O)
SAU 1/2001Ond--
SAU 4/2001Ond--
SAU 5/2001Ond--
SAU 6/2001Ond--
SAU 8/2001Ond--
SAU 9/2001Ond--
SAU 10/2001Ond--
SAU 2/2001NVD   
SAU 7/2001NVD   
 14/04/2001SAU 11/2001OME-SAInd-2001-Genotyping(O)
SAU 12/2001Ond--
 19/10/2001SAU 13/2001OME-SAPanAsia-Detection
Genotyping(O)
SAU 14/2001Ond--
 22/03/2002SAU 1/2002OME-SAPanAsia-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
SAU 2/2002OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU 3/2002NVD   
SAU 4/2002NVD   
SAU 5/2002NVD   
SAU 6/2002NVD   
SAU 7/2002NVD   
SAU 8/2002NVD   
SAU 9/2002NVD   
SAU 10/2002NVD   
SAU 11/2002NVD   
SAU 12/2002NVD   
SAU 13/2002NVD   
SAU 14/2002NVD   
SAU 15/2002NVD   
SAU 16/2002NVD   
SAU 17/2002NVD   
SAU 18/2002NVD   
SAU 19/2002NVD   
SAU 20/2002NVD   
SAU 21/2002NVD   
SAU 22/2002NVD   
SAU 23/2002NVD   
SAU 24/2002NVD   
SAU 25/2002NVD   
SAU 26/2002NVD   
SAU 27/2002NVD   
SAU 28/2002NVD   
SAU 29/2002NVD   
SAU 30/2002NVD   
SAU 31/2002NVD   
SAU 32/2002NVD   
SAU 33/2002NVD   
SAU 34/2002NVD   
SAU 35/2002NVD   
SAU 36/2002NVD   
SAU 37/2002NVD   
WRLFMD/2004/0000529/03/2004SAU/1/2004FMDV‑GDME-SAPanAsia-Detection
Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2005/0001011/04/2005SAU/1/2005NVD   Detection
SAU/2/2005NVD   
SAU/3/2005NVD   
WRLFMD/2005/0001520/06/2005SAU/4/2005OME-SAPanAsia-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(O,sup)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/5/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU/6/2005OME-SAPanAsia​-
SAU/7/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU/8/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU/9/2005OME-SAPanAsia​-
SAU/10/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU/11/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
SAU/12/2005OME-SAPanAsia​-
WRLFMD/2005/0001803/08/2005SAU/13/2005OME-SAPanAsia-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/14/2005OME-SAPanAsia-
WRLFMD/2006/0000107/01/2006SAU/15/2005AASIAIran-05-Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine(A)
Vaccine(A,sup1)
Vaccine(A,sup2)
SAU/16/2005AASIAIran-05-
WRLFMD/2007/0001731/05/2007SAU/1/2007OME-SAPanAsia-2-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/2/2007OME-SAPanAsia-2-
SAU/3/2007OME-SAPanAsia-2​-
SAU/4/2007OME-SAPanAsia-2-
SAU/5/2007OME-SAPanAsia-2-
WRLFMD/2008/0000713/03/2008SAU/1/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/2/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-
WRLFMD/2008/0000825/03/2008SAU/3/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/4/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-
SAU/5/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2​-
SAU/6/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-
SAU/7/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-
SAU/8/2008FMDV‑GDnd​-​-
SAU/9/2008FMDV‑GDnd--
SAU/10/2008FMDV‑GDnd--
WRLFMD/2008/0002111/07/2008SAU/11/2008OME-SAPanAsia-2-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
WRLFMD/2009/0004019/08/2009SAU/1/2009OME-SAPanAsia-2FAR-09Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine(O)
SAU/2/2009OME-SAPanAsia-2FAR-09
WRLFMD/2012/0002512/07/2012SAU/1/2012OME-SAPanAsia-2ANT-10Detection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
SAU/2/2012OME-SAPanAsia-2ANT-10
SAU/3/2012OME-SAPanAsia-2​ANT-10
SAU/4/2012OME-SAPanAsia-2​ANT-10
WRLFMD/2013/0002307/11/2013SAU/1/2013OME-SAInd-2001dDetection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
SAU/3/2013OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/4/2013OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/2/2013NVD   
SAU/5/2013NVD   
WRLFMD/2013/0002629/11/2013SAU/6/2013OME-SAInd-2001d-Detection
Genotyping (O)
Vaccine (O)
SAU/7/2013OME-SAInd-2001d-
SAU/8/2013OME-SAInd-2001d​-
WRLFMD/2014/0000517/02/2014SAU/1/2014OME-SAInd-2001d-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
WRLFMD/2014/0001425/03/2014SAU/2/2014OME-SAInd-2001d-Detection
Genotyping(O)
SAU/3/2014OME-SAInd-2001d-
SAU/4/2014OME-SAInd-2001d​-
WRLFMD/2015/0002515/09/2015SAU/1/2015AASIAG-VII-Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
Vaccine(sup1)
Vaccine(sup2)
SAU/2/2015AASIAG-VII-
WRLFMD/2015/0002819/10/2015SAU/3/2015AASIAG-VII-Detection
Genotyping(A)
SAU/4/2015AASIAG-VII-
WRLFMD/2015/0002923/10/2015SAU/5/2015AASIAG-VII-Detection
Genotyping(A)
SAU/6/2015AASIAG-VII-
WRLFMD/2016/0000115/01/2016SAU/7/2015AASIAG-VII-Detection
Genotyping(A)
SAU/8/2015AASIAG-VII-
WRLFMD/2016/0001129/03/2016SAU/18/2015OME-SAInd-2001dDetection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
SAU/19/2015OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/20/2015OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/22/2015OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/1/2016OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/2/2016OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/3/2016OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/7/2016OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/10/2016OME-SAInd-2001d
SAU/9/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/14/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/15/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/16/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/17/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/21/2015AASIAG-VII-
SAU/8/2016FMDV‑GDnd--
SAU/10/2015NVD   
SAU/11/2015NVD   
SAU/12/2015NVD   
SAU/13/2015NVD   
SAU/4/2016NVD   
SAU/5/2016NVD   
SAU/6/2016NVD   
SAU/9/2016NVD   
SAU/11/2016NVD   
SAU/12/2016NVD   
SAU/13/2016NVD   
SAU/14/2016NVD   
WRLFMD/2016/0001517/05/2016SAU/17/2016*OME-SAInd-2001d-Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
SAU/15/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/16/2016NVD   
WRLFMD/2016/0003524/10/2016SAU/18/2016OME-SAPanAsia-2ANT-10Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
SAU/19/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/20/2016AASIAG-VII-
WRLFMD/2017/0000228/02/2017SAU/27/2016OME-SAPanAsia-2ANT-10Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
SAU/21/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/22/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/24/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/37/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/40/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/41/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/42/2016AASIAG-VII-
SAU/29/2016FMDV‑GDnd--
SAU/45/2016FMDV‑GDnd--
SAU/23/2016NVD   
SAU/25/2016NVD   
SAU/26/2016NVD   
SAU/28/2016NVD   
SAU/30/2016NVD   
SAU/31/2016NVD   
SAU/32/2016NVD   
SAU/33/2016NVD   
SAU/34/2016NVD   
SAU/35/2016NVD   
SAU/36/2016NVD   
SAU/38/2016NVD   
SAU/39/2016NVD   
SAU/43/2016NVD   
SAU/44/2016NVD   
WRLFMD/2019/0001128/02/2019SAU/1/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001eDetection
Genotyping
SAU/2/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001e
SAU/8/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001​e
SAU/9/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001​e
SAU/10/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001​e
SAU/11/2018OME‑SAInd‑2001​e
SAU/4/2018FMDV-GDnd--
SAU/7/2018FMDV-GDnd--
SAU/3/2018NVD   
SAU/5/2018NVD   
SAU/6/2018NVD   

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