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Molecular epidemiology of African swine fever in East Africa.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2005
Lubisi B A, Bastos A D S, Dwarka R M, Vosloo W
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever (ASF) a lethal, viral hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs, first reported from East Africa in 1921, is still widespread in this region. In order to assess field heterogeneity at the regional level, nucleotide sequences corresponding to the C-terminal end of the p72 gene were determined for 77 ASF viruses of diverse temporal and species origin occurring in eight East African countries. The...
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