Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) is the only member of the Herpesviridae that has an
invertebrate host and is associated with sporadic mortality in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea …

ABSTRACT A fluorogenic probe hydrolysis (TaqMan) PCR assay for African swine fever
virus (ASFV) was developed and evaluated in experimentally infected swine. This sensitive …

Twenty-one pigs inoculated with a highly virulent isolate (E70) of African swine fever (ASF)
virus were killed 1–7 days later; a further three animals served as uninfected controls. An …

Our recent demonstration that DNA polymerase X (Pol X), the DNA repair polymerase
encoded by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), is extremely error prone during single …

African swine fever (ASF) viruses are characterised by numerous p72 genotypes, but by low
levels of intra-genotypic variation, particularly in domestic pig associated genotypes. As it is …

It has been demonstrated that growth factors quiescin Q6 family was created by the fusion of
the sulfhydryl oxidase fragment of the yeast essential for respiration and vegetative growth …

Mammalian Augmenter of Liver Regeneration protein (ALR) was first identified as a
secondary growth factor involved in liver regeneration. Its sulfhydryl oxidase activity and …

The function of a substantial percentage of the putative protein-coding open reading frames
(ORFs) in viral genomes is unknown. As their sequence is not similar to that of proteins of …

Apoptotic cell death can be triggered by death-inducing cytokines such and TNFα, Fas
Ligand, and TRAIL, and death-receptors TNF-Rs, Fas, and TRAIL-Rs, or by mitochondrial …

African swine fever (ASF) is an infectious disease of domestic and wild pigs for which there
is no vaccine in the world. A proper surveillance of viral activity and a timely response to ASF …