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African swine fever epidemic in China

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African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious disease. Infection with ASF virus (ASFV) is reported to result in almost 100 per cent mortality in pigs.1 Recently, an outbreak of… Click to show full abstract

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious disease. Infection with ASF virus (ASFV) is reported to result in almost 100 per cent mortality in pigs.1 Recently, an outbreak of ASFV in China caused serious concern for the government.2,3 We describe this epidemic of ASF in China between August 2018 and January 2019, based on the public data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (MARA), to add to the body of evidence on ASF outbreaks (Table 1, supplementary data – …

Keywords: swine fever; fever epidemic; epidemic china; african swine

Journal Title: Veterinary Record
Year Published: 2019

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