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Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus from domestic pigs in India.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Sept 2021
Rajukumar Katherukamem, Senthilkumar Dhanapal, Venkatesh Govindarajulu, Singh Fateh, Patil Vishnu P, Kombiah Subbiah, Tosh Chakradhar, Dubey Chandan K, Sen Arnab, Barman Nagendra N, Chakravarty Amitav, Dutta Biswajit, Pegu Seema R, Bharali Arpita, Singh Vijendra P
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever (ASF) is the most dreaded disease of pigs, which can cause mortality of up to 100%. Following disease outbreaks with high mortality in pigs in two states of north-east India, namely Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in early 2020, we confirmed the first occurrence of African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs in India by real-time PCR, virus isolation and nucleotide sequencing. Genetic analyses in...
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