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Biological characterization of African swine fever virus genotype II strains from north-eastern Estonia in European wild boar.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Dec 2017
Nurmoja I, Petrov A, Breidenstein C, Zani L, Forth J H, Beer M, Kristian M, Viltrop A, Blome S
Abstract excerpt
Due to its impact on animal health and pig industry, African swine fever (ASF) is regarded as one of the most important viral diseases of pigs. Following the ongoing epidemic in the Transcaucasian countries and the Russian Federation, African swine fever virus was introduced into the Estonian wild boar population in 2014. Epidemiological investigations suggested two different introductions into the southern and...
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