Marisa Arias

1. IntroductionAfrican swine fever (ASF) is a devastating hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs and wild suids caused by a large double-stranded DNA virus, African swine fever virus (ASFV). ASFV is the only member of the Asfarviridae family and only members of the Suidae family are susceptible to ASFV, which has no zoonotic potential [1,2].Virulent strains of ASFV can kill domestic pigs within abou ...

IntroductionAfrican Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating highly contagious disease affecting suids. It is caused by a big complex virus, the African swine fever virus (ASFV), that can spread very rapidly within the pig populations by direct or indirect contact. This virus can also become endemic in feral or wild suids, and the transmission cycles existing between these animals and the ...

IntroductionAfrican swine fever (ASF) is one of the most complex infectious swine diseases. Its notification to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is mandatory due to the high mortality it causes, its efficient transmission rate and the great sanitary and socioeconomic impact that it produces on international trade of pigs and pork products. The African swine fever virus ...