Crystal structure of the African swine fever virus structural protein p35 reveals its role for core shell assembly

Dear Editor,The African swine fever(ASF)is a highly contagious hemorrhagic and lethal disease in domestic pigs.The ASF outbreaks of in many Asia countries,including China,Vietnam,Mongolia,and South Korea,have posed a huge threat to the pig indusry.In the attempt to stop ASF from spreading further in China's Mainland,more than 10 million pigs have been culled since August 2018.The causative agent for ASF is a DNA virus,African swine fever virus(ASFV).Although this deadly disease has been reported in Kenya nearly one hundred years ago,there has been no vaccine for protection from ASFV infection or effective treatments to cure ASF until now.