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Persistent domestic circulation of African swine fever virus in Tanzania, 2015-2017.
BMC veterinary research - 1 Oct 2020
Yona Clara M, Vanhee Merijn, Simulundu Edgar, Makange Mariam, Nauwynck Hans J, Misinzo Gerald
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly fatal viral hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs that threatens livelihoods and food security. In Africa, ASF virus (ASFV) circulates in sylvatic (transmission between warthogs and soft argasid ticks) and domestic (transmission between domestic pigs) cycles, with outbreaks resulting from ASFV spill-over from sylvatic cycle. A number of outbreaks were reported in...
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