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Deletion of the African swine fever virus E120R gene completely attenuates its virulence by enhancing host innate immunity and impairing virus release
3 Sept 2025
Abstract excerpt
African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and represents a major threat to the global swine industry. Until now, no effective commercial vaccines or antiviral drugs are available for ASF control. In this study, we constructed a recombinant E120R gene-deleted virus, ASFV-ΔE120R, based on the highly virulent genotype II strain SY18, to investigate the biological role of...
