Epidemiology of African swine fever virus

S Costard, L Mur, J Lubroth, JM Sanchez-Vizcaino… - Virus research, 2013 - Elsevier
African swine fever virus used to occur primarily in Africa. There had been occasional
incursions into Europe or America which apart from the endemic situation on the island of …

One hundred years of African swine fever in Africa: Where have we been, where are we now, where are we going?

ML Penrith, FM Kivaria - Transboundary and emerging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One hundred years have passed since the first paper on African swine fever (ASF) was
published by Montgomery in 1921. With no vaccine, ineffectiveness of prevention and …

Epidemiology of African swine fever in Africa today: Sylvatic cycle versus socio‐economic imperatives

ML Penrith, AD Bastos, EMC Etter… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
African swine fever (ASF) is believed to have evolved in eastern and southern Africa in a
sylvatic cycle between common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and argasid ticks of the …

African swine fever: update on Eastern, Central and Southern Africa

LK Mulumba‐Mfumu, C Saegerman… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Control of African swine fever (ASF) in countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa
(ECSA) is particularly complex owing to the presence of all three known epidemiological …

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 …

African swine fever virus (ASFV): Biology, genomics and genotypes circulating in sub-Saharan Africa

EP Njau, EM Machuka, S Cleaveland, GM Shirima… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly infectious and fatal haemorrhagic disease of pigs that is
caused by a complex DNA virus of the genus Asfivirus and Asfarviridae African suids family …

Assessment of risk factors of African swine fever in India: perspectives on future outbreaks and control strategies

M Bora, DP Bora, M Manu, NN Barman, LJ Dutta… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important transboundary diseases of pigs. ASF
has been identified in India for the first time in domestic pigs from outbreaks reported in two …

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 …

Putative role of arthropod vectors in African swine fever virus transmission in relation to their bio-ecological properties

SI Bonnet, E Bouhsira, N De Regge, J Fite, F Etoré… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important diseases in Suidae due to its
significant health and socioeconomic consequences and represents a major threat to the …

Review of the pig-adapted African swine fever viruses in and outside Africa

ML Penrith, J Van Heerden, L Heath, EO Abworo… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
The region in eastern, central and southern Africa (ECSA) where African swine fever (ASF)
originated in a sylvatic cycle is home to all the p72 genotypes of ASF virus identified so far …