See Also: african swine fever virus(medicine)
african swine fever(medicine)
african swine fever-like viruses(medicine)
swine fever virus(medicine)
swine fever(medicine)
medicine, african traditional(medicine)
swine encephalitis virus(medicine)
swine vesicular disease virus(medicine)
transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine(medicine)
vesicular exanthema of swine virus(medicine)

african swine fever virus (medicine)


african swine fever virus


The lone species of the genus african swine fever-like viruses. The virus causes a fatal disease among domestic pigs in africa and a less virulent infection in europe. The virus is present in soft ticks (ornithodoros moubata), warthogs, or domestic pigs. Originally listed as a species of iridoviridae, the virus exhibits some similarities to poxviridae but its differences warranted placement in a separate genus of an, as yet unknown, family.