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Isolation and Genetic Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus from Domestic Pig Farms in South Korea, 2019.
Viruses - 30 Oct 2020
Kim Hyun-Joo, Cho Ki-Hyun, Ryu Ji-Hyoung, Jang Min-Kyung, Chae Ha-Gyeong, Choi Ji-Da, Nah Jin-Ju, Kim Yong-Joo, Kang Hae-Eun
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On 17 September 2019, the first outbreak of African swine fever in a pig farm was confirmed in South Korea. By 9 October, 14 outbreaks of ASF in domestic pigs had been diagnosed in 4 cities/counties. We isolated viruses from all infected farms and performed genetic characterization. The phylogenetic analysis showed that all of fourteen ASFV isolates in South Korea belong to genotype II and serogroup 8....
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