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The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic.
Scientific reports - 22 Jun 2021
Njau Emma P, Domelevo Entfellner Jean-Baka, Machuka Eunice M, Bochere Edwina N, Cleaveland Sarah, Shirima Gabriel M, Kusiluka Lughano J, Upton Chris, Bishop Richard P, Pelle Roger, Okoth Edward A
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African swine fever (ASF) caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV) is ranked by OIE as the most important source of mortality in domestic pigs globally and is indigenous to African wild suids and soft ticks. Despite two ASFV genotypes causing economically devastating epidemics outside the continent since 1961, there have been no genome-level analyses of virus evolution in Africa. The virus was recently...
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