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Viruses > DNA Viruses > Asfarviridae > African Swine Fever Virus

Preferred term

African Swine Fever Virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Virus, Wart-Hog Disease
  • Wart Hog Disease Virus
  • Wart-Hog Disease Virus

Note

  • infection = AFRICAN SWINE FEVER: see note there

Scope note

  • The lone species of the genus Asfivirus. It infects domestic and wild pigs, warthogs, and bushpigs. Disease is endemic in domestic swine in many African countries and Sardinia. Soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros are also infected and act as vectors.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under IRIDOVIRIDAE 1981-90; was see under IRIDOVIRUSES 1978-80; was see under DNA VIRUSES 1975-77

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000358

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