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Viruses > DNA Viruses > Asfarviridae > African Swine Fever Virus

Preferred term

African Swine Fever Virus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The lone species of the genus Asfivirus. It infects domestic and wild pigs, warthogs, and bushpigs. Disease is endemic in domestic swine in many African countries and Sardinia. Soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros are also infected and act as vectors.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • txid10497
  • Wart-Hog Disease Virus

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J9DFLTBW-L

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