Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus Caucasus Isolate in European Wild Boars

Claudia Gabriel, Sandra Blome, Alexander Malogolovkin, Stanislav Parilov, Denis Kolbasov, Jens P. Teifke, Martin Beer

Emerging infectious diseases · 2011 · 176 citations · 4 references

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Since 2007, African swine fever has spread from the Caucasus region. To learn more about the dynamics of the disease in wild boars (Sus scrofa), we conducted experiments by using European wild boars. We found high virulence of Caucasus isolates limited potential for establishment of endemicity.

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