African swine fever: how can global spread be prevented?

African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating haemorrhagic fever of pigs with mortality rates approaching 100 per cent. It causes major economic losses, threatens food security and limits pig production in affected countries. ASF is caused by a large DNA virus, African swine fever virus (ASFV). There i...

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Autores principales: Costard, Solenne, Wieland, Barbara, Glanville, William A. de, Jori, F., Rowlands, R., Vosloo, W., Roger, F., Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Dixon, L.K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Royal Society 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/124

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