First molecular assessment of the African swine fever virus status of <i>Ornithodoros</i> ticks from Swaziland

First molecular assessment of the African swine fever virus status of <i>Ornithodoros</i> ticks from Swaziland

African swine fever (ASF) is an economically significant haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs. It is caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)arbovirus. Argasid ticks of the genus Ornithodoros, which are widely distributed throughout southern Africa, play a prima...

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Main Authors: Carin I. Boshoff, Armanda D.S. Bastos, Mzwandi M. Dube, Livio Heath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-12-01
Series:Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Subjects:
African swine fever virus
Ornithodoros porcinus
polymerase chain reaction
Swaziland
p72
16S
phylogeny
Online Access:https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/846

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