African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV): Immunity and Vaccine Development
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the causative agent of the highly contagious disease African swine fever (ASF), which can result in mortality rates of up to 100% in pigs infected by virulent strains [...]
Kiramage Chathuranga, Jong-Soo Lee
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Detection of African swine fever virus utilizing the portable MatMaCorp ASF detection system [PDF]
African swine fever (ASF) has emerged as a major threat to domestic and wild suid populations, and its continued spread threatens commercial swine production worldwide. The causative agent of ASF, African swine fever virus (ASFV), possesses a linear, double stranded DNA genome. Traditional detection of ASFV relies on laboratory-based virus isolation or
Mariceny Zurita +9 more
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Bridging the Gap: Can COVID-19 Research Help Combat African Swine Fever?
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and economically devastating disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boar, caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV).
Danaya Pakotiprapha +3 more
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African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar [PDF]
This paper contains main points of the scientific opinion prepared by EFSA in 2018 on the request of the European Commission on the ASF epidemic in wild boar in Eastern – Central Europe, which started in 2014 and is existing and increasing until the present time.
ZYGMUNT PEJSAK +2 more
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Nine Years of African Swine Fever in Poland
(1) Background: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and fatal haemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild boars, causing significant economic loss to the swine industry in the European Union.
Mateusz Kruszyński +5 more
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African Swine Fever (ASF): Threat of Excintion to Nias Local Pig Farm [PDF]
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a disease that infects pigs. Common symptoms caused by ASF attacks on pigs are bleeding in the feces and ears as well as sudden weakness of livestock, unable to stand, and death of livestock. ASF virus is not zoonotic so it does not affect human health. This virus has entered Indonesian territory, including the Nias Island,
Anugrah Lase Jonathan +4 more
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African swine fever (ASF), the pig health challenge of the century [PDF]
More than one hundred years ago African swine fever (ASF) was rst diagnosed in Kenya. Since then, diverse approaches have been applied to the study of the causative virus, the sole member of the family Asfarviridae, aimed at characterising its properties, genome organisation and replication, its antigenic and biological properties as well as to ...
Martins, C. +4 more
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Quantitative approach for the risk assessment of African swine fever and Classical swine fever introduction into the United States through legal imports of pigs and swine products. [PDF]
The US livestock safety strongly depends on its capacity to prevent the introduction of Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs). Therefore, accurate and updated information on the location and origin of those potential TADs risks is essential, so preventive
Burton, Kenneth +4 more
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Development of Diagnostic Tests Provides Technical Support for the Control of African Swine Fever
African swine fever is a highly contagious global disease caused by the African swine fever virus. Since African swine fever (ASF) was introduced to Georgia in 2007, it has spread to many Eurasian countries at an extremely fast speed.
Zilong Qiu +10 more
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SCIENTIFIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
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Prof. Georgi Georgiev +2 more
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