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 …

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 …

The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic

EP Njau, JB Domelevo Entfellner, EM Machuka… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
African swine fever (ASF) caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV) is ranked by OIE
as the most important source of mortality in domestic pigs globally and is indigenous to …

A systematic review of genotypes and serogroups of African swine fever virus

H Qu, S Ge, Y Zhang, X Wu, Z Wang - Virus Genes, 2022 - Springer
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the causative agent of African swine fever (ASF). The
virus causes an acute highly hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs, with high mortality …

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 …

Systematic review of important viral diseases in Africa in light of the 'one health'concept

RP Chauhan, ZG Dessie, A Noreddin, ME El Zowalaty - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emerging and re-emerging viral diseases are of great public health concern. The recent
emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) related coronavirus (SARS-CoV …

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 …

African swine fever virus circulation between Tanzania and neighboring countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JN Hakizimana, C Yona, O Kamana, H Nauwynck… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
For over 100 years after the description of the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in
Kenya, ASF virus (ASFV) cross-border spread in eastern and southern Africa has not been …

Genetic analysis of African swine fever virus from the 2018 outbreak in South-Eastern Burundi

JN Hakizimana, L Nyabongo… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious viral disease that causes high mortality,
approaching 100%, in domestic pigs and wild boars. The disease has neither a cure nor a …

Detection of African swine fever virus antibodies in serum using a pB602L protein-based indirect ELISA

Y Yang, Q Xia, Q Sun, Y Zhang, Y Li, X Ma… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
African Swine Fever (ASF) is an acute, highly contagious and deadly infectious disease that
has a huge impact on the swine industry. It is caused by the African swine fever virus …