[HTML][HTML] An Updated Review of Ornithodoros Ticks as Reservoirs of African Swine Fever in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar

F Jori, A Bastos, F Boinas, J Van Heerden, L Heath… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
This updated review provides an overview of the available information on Ornithodoros ticks
as reservoirs and biological vectors of the ASF virus in Africa and Indian Ocean islands in …

[HTML][HTML] Expounding the role of tick in Africa swine fever virus transmission and seeking effective prevention measures: A review

T Lv, X Xie, N Song, S Zhang, Y Ding, K Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious, deadly infectious disease, has caused huge
economic losses to animal husbandry with a 100% mortality rate of the most acute and acute …

First molecular assessment of the African swine fever virus status of Ornithodoros ticks from Swaziland : research communication

CI Boshoff, L Heath, ADS Bastos… - Onderstepoort Journal of …, 2014 - journals.co.za
African swine fever (ASF) is an economically significant haemorrhagic disease of domestic
pigs. It is caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) …

[HTML][HTML] First detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros porcinus in Madagascar and new insights into tick distribution and taxonomy

J Ravaomanana, V Michaud, F Jori… - Parasites & vectors, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background African Swine Fever Virus has devastated more than the half of the
domestic pig population in Madagascar since its introduction, probably in 1997-1998. One of …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa

AF Craig, ML Schade-Weskott, T Rametse, L Heath… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
We investigated the possibility that sylvatic circulation of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in
warthogs and Ornithodoros ticks had extended beyond the historically affected northern part …

New insights into the role of ticks in African swine fever epidemiology

JM Sánchez-Vizcaíno, L Mur, ADS Bastos, ML Penrith - 2015 - repository.up.ac.za
African swine fever (ASF), one of the most important diseases of swine, is present in many
African countries, as well as in eastern Europe, Russia and Sardinia. It is caused by a …

Serological Surveillance and Direct Field Searching Reaffirm the Absence of Ornithodoros Erraticus Ticks Role in African Swine Fever Cycle in Sardinia

L Mur, C Iscaro, M Cocco, C Jurado… - Transboundary and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
African swine fever (ASF), one of the most important diseases of swine, has been endemic in
the Italian island of Sardinia for more than 35 years. During these decades, several …

Molecular monitoring of African swine fever virus using surveys targeted at adult Ornithodoros ticks: A re-evaluation of Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa

LF Arnqt, JT Du Toit, ADS Bastos - Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary …, 2009 - scielo.org.za
The Mkuze Game Reserve (MGR), in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa is
an African swine fever virus (ASF) controlled area. In a survey conducted in 1978, ASF …

Review of the sylvatic cycle of African swine fever in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian ocean

F Jori, L Vial, ML Penrith, R Pérez-Sánchez, E Etter… - Virus research, 2013 - Elsevier
African swine fever (ASF) is a major limiting factor for pig production in most of the countries
in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. In the absence of vaccine, a good …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental Infection of Ornithodoros erraticus sensu stricto with Two Portuguese African Swine Fever Virus Strains. Study of Factors Involved in the …

R Ribeiro, J Otte, S Madeira, GH Hutchings, F Boinas - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
African swine fever (ASF) is a frequently devastating hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs
and wild boar and Ornithodoros erraticus sensu stricto argasid ticks are the only biological …