Emergence of African swine fever virus, northwestern Iran.

Category Primary study
JournalEmerging infectious diseases
Year 2010
In 2008, African swine fever was introduced into Georgia, after which it spread to neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation. That same year, PCR and sequence analysis identified African swine fever virus in samples from 3 dead female wild boars in northwestern Iran. Wild boars may serve as a reservoir.
Epistemonikos ID: ddb5e143376d86ffd594770e25428cdf8949f251
First added on: Nov 24, 2021