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 …

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 virus eradication in Africa

ML Penrith, W Vosloo, F Jori, ADS Bastos - Virus research, 2013 - Elsevier
African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs in 26 African countries during the period
2009–2011. The virus exists in an ancient sylvatic cycle between warthogs (Phacochoerus …

African swine fever viruses with two different genotypes, both of which occur in domestic pigs, are associated with ticks and adult warthogs, respectively, at a single …

C Gallardo, E Okoth, V Pelayo… - Journal of General …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
The role of the ancestral sylvatic cycle of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) is not well
understood in the endemic areas of eastern Africa. We therefore analysed the ASF infection …

Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype

CJ Quembo, F Jori, W Vosloo… - … and emerging diseases, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is one of the most threatening infectious diseases of pigs.
There are not sufficient data to indicate the importance of the sylvatic cycle in the spread and …

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 …

Assessment of interactions between African swine fever virus, bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus), Ornithodoros ticks and domestic pigs in north‐western …

J Ravaomanana, F Jori, L Vial… - Transboundary and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Since its introduction in Madagascar in 1998, African swine fever (ASF) has severely
affected national pig production and persists as a common disease in that country. Two of its …

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 …

Role of wild suids in the epidemiology of African swine fever

F Jori, ADS Bastos - EcoHealth, 2009 - Springer
There is presently no vaccine to combat African swine fever (ASF), a viral hemorrhagic fever
of domestic pigs that causes up to 100% morbidity and mortality in naive, commercial pig …

Detection of African swine fever virus in the tissues of asymptomatic pigs in smallholder farming systems along the Kenya–Uganda border: Implications for …

EO Abworo, C Onzere… - Journal of General …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
The persistence of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in endemic areas, with small-scale but
regular outbreaks in domestic pigs, is not well understood. ASFV has not been detected …