Artist's impression of African Swine Fever virus. Illustration: Shutterstock
Around the world, various institutes and companies are working towards a vaccine to control African Swine Fever. Some are promising, for example a recent report showed promising preliminary tests by the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in the USA. So what is being done worldwide? ASFv is a large and complex DNA virus (~170-190 kbp) encoding for about 150 proteins, with 23 genotypes identified thus far. The Georgia 2007 strain, a member of ASFv genotype II, is highly virulent and has been the f
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