African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious, notifiable viral disease, which is considered a
significant threat not only for European, but also for worldwide pork production, since
recently the virus emerged within numerous Chinese pig herds. The disease was introduced
in Poland in 2014 and up to the end of 2018, 213 outbreaks in pigs and 3347 cases in wild
boars have been reported. The presented study describes the whole genome sequencing of
seven Polish isolates, collected between 2016 and 2017, using next generation sequencing …