Complete genome sequence of virulent genotype I African swine fever virus strain K49 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, isolated from a domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

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African swine fever is one of the most feared infectious diseases in the pig industry. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is an enveloped, cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA virus and the only member of the family Asfarviridae. Although ASFV is known to have been circulating on the African continent since at least 1921, little is known about the genetic characteristics of historical ASFV strains isolated in...

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