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Association of the Host Immune Response with Protection Using a Live Attenuated African Swine Fever Virus Model
22 Oct 2016
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease of swine caused by a double-stranded DNA virus, ASF virus (ASFV). There is no vaccine to prevent the disease and current control measures are limited to culling and restricting animal movement. Swine infected with attenuated strains are protected against challenge with a homologous virulent virus, but there is limited knowledge of the host immune...
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