African swine fever virus
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african-swine-fever-virus-164-14201760
title:
African swine fever virus
text:
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus in the Asfarviridae family. It is the causative agent of African swine fever (ASF). The virus causes a hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in domestic pigs; some isolates can cause death of animals as quickly as a week after infection. It persistently infects its natural hosts, warthogs, bushpigs, and soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros, which likely act as a vector, with no disease signs. It does not cause disease i
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of virus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_swine_fever_virus
date created:
2006-05-10T20:30:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T01:51:06Z
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