African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal

oleh: Laurence Vial, Barbara Wieland, Ferran Jori, Eric Etter, Linda Dixon, François Roger

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-12-01

Deskripsi

African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be naturally infected with the causative agent.