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Prospects for development of African swine fever virus vaccines.
Developments in biologicals - 1 Jan 2013
Dixon L K, Abrams C C, Chapman D D G, Goatley L C, Netherton C L, Taylor G, Takamatsu H H
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever virus is a large DNA virus which can cause an acute haemorrhagic fever in pigs resulting in high mortality. No vaccine is available, limiting options for control. The virus encodes up to 165 genes and virus particles are multi-layered and contain more than 50 proteins. Pigs immunised with natural low virulence isolates or attenuated viruses produced by passage in tissue culture and by targeted...
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