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Intra-genotypic resolution of African swine fever viruses from an East African domestic pig cycle: a combined p72-CVR approach.
Virus genes - 1 Dec 2007
Lubisi Baratang A, Bastos Armanda Duarte Slager, Dwarka Rahana M, Vosloo Wilna
Abstract excerpt
Two of the 22 presently recognised African swine fever (ASF) virus p72 genotypes are genetically homogeneous and are associated with domestic pig cycles. Of these, genotype VIII comprises just two p72 variants, designated 'a' and 'b' in this study, and is confined to four East African countries where it has caused numerous outbreaks between 1961 and 2001. In order to resolve relationships within this homogeneous...
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