Undetected Circulation of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar, Asia

African swine fever is a growing threat to the livestock industry. We examined data indicating that in most countries in Asia, most notified events were related to farm outbreaks; meanwhile, only a few wild boar cases were reported. We hypothesize the virus circulates unnoticed in wild boar populati...

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Autores principales: Vergne, Timothée, Guinat, Claire, Pfeiffer, Dirk U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32946727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.200608
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Sumario:African swine fever is a growing threat to the livestock industry. We examined data indicating that in most countries in Asia, most notified events were related to farm outbreaks; meanwhile, only a few wild boar cases were reported. We hypothesize the virus circulates unnoticed in wild boar populations in Asia.

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