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 …

Current status of African swine fever

ML Penrith - CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2020 - Springer
African swine fever is a serious viral disease of domestic pigs and Eurasian wild boars that
poses a major threat to pig production. For more than thirty years after its discovery in East …

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 …

Innovative research offers new hope for managing African swine fever better in resource-limited smallholder farming settings: A timely update

ML Penrith, J van Heerden, DU Pfeiffer, E Oļševskis… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has, since its discovery in Africa more than a
century ago, been associated with subsistence pig keeping with low levels of biosecurity …

African Swine Fever Diagnosis in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

ML Penrith, J van Emmenes, JN Hakizimana, L Heath… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global spread of African swine fever (ASF) in recent decades has led to the need for
technological advances in sampling and diagnostic techniques. The impetus for these has …

Self-medication practices in the management of malaria in the city of Bukavu in Eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo

BC Valentin, FM Kasali, ON Philippe… - World Journal of …, 2020 - wjbphs.com
Self-medication for malaria management is very common in Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC). This study was conducted to determine the extent, characteristics and factors …

Detection and genetic characterization of sylvatic and outbreak African swine fever virus isolates in selected zones of Tanzania

E Njau - 2022 - 41.59.85.213
This thesis is about African swine fever (ASF), a severe disease of domestic pigs that is
notifiable according to OIE. Virus strains circulating in Tanzania have been changing from …