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African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia, 2007.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2008
Rowlands Rebecca J, Michaud Vincent, Heath Livio, Hutchings Geoff, Oura Chris, Vosloo Wilna, Dwarka Rahana, Onashvili Tinatin, Albina Emmanuel, Dixon Linda K
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever (ASF) is widespread in Africa but is rarely introduced to other continents. In June 2007, ASF was confirmed in the Caucasus region of Georgia, and it has since spread to neighboring countries. DNA fragments amplified from the genome of the isolates from domestic pigs in Georgia in 2007 were sequenced and compared with other ASF virus (ASFV) isolates to establish the genotype of the virus....
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