Emerging infectious diseases · 2018 · 399 citations · 6 references
Life SciencesMicrobiologyVeterinary MicrobiologyMolecular VirologyOutbreak InvestigationVirologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesAnimal VirusesLivestock Infectious DiseasesSwine DiseaseSwine Infectious DiseasesViral InfectionsEmerging Swine Viral DiseasesMolecular CharacterizationPhylogenetic Character AnalysisPhylogenetic Diversity AnalysisSwine Infectious Disease EpidemiologyViral Pathogenesis In SwineViral Pathology In SwineZoonotic Swine Viruses
On August 3, 2018, an outbreak of African swine fever in pigs was reported in China. We subjected a virus from an African swine fever-positive pig sample to phylogenetic analysis. This analysis showed that the causative strain belonged to the p72 genotype II and CD2v serogroup 8.
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Asfarviridae
Covadonga Alonso, Manuel V. Borca, Linda K. Dixon et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2018 · 484 citations · Full text