Dear Editor,African swine fever virus(ASFV),the sole member of the family Asfarviridae,is the causative agent of African swine fever(ASF),a viral disease that leads to high mortality in domestic pigs.Since firstly ide...Dear Editor,African swine fever virus(ASFV),the sole member of the family Asfarviridae,is the causative agent of African swine fever(ASF),a viral disease that leads to high mortality in domestic pigs.Since firstly identified in Kenya in the 1920s,ASFV has been prevalent in Africa,Europe,and Russian Federation(Sanchez et al.,2019).Recently,ASFV was introduced to Asian countries including China,Mongolia,Vietnam,Cambodia,Laos and South Korea,which lead to huge economic losses to local pig industries(Li and Tian,2018;Gaudreault and Richt,2019).The first case of ASFV in China was reported in August 2018(Zhou et al.,2018).展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor,African swine fever virus(ASFV),the sole member of the family Asfarviridae,is the causative agent of African swine fever(ASF),a viral disease that leads to high mortality in domestic pigs.Since firstly identified in Kenya in the 1920s,ASFV has been prevalent in Africa,Europe,and Russian Federation(Sanchez et al.,2019).Recently,ASFV was introduced to Asian countries including China,Mongolia,Vietnam,Cambodia,Laos and South Korea,which lead to huge economic losses to local pig industries(Li and Tian,2018;Gaudreault and Richt,2019).The first case of ASFV in China was reported in August 2018(Zhou et al.,2018).
