Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus, China, 2018

Authors :: Yutian Liu
Zhiliang Wang
Wang Hua
Yongqiang Zhang
Weijie Ren
Xiaodong Wu
Fuxiao Liu
Fan Xiaoxu
Jingyue Bao
Tiangang Xu
Shengqiang Ge
Lin Li
Qinghua Wang
Chunju Liu
Jinming Li
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 2131-2133 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2018.
Abstract: On August 3, 2018, an outbreak of African swine fever in pigs was reported in China. We subjected a virus from an African swine fever–positive pig sample to phylogenetic analysis. This analysis showed that the causative strain belonged to the p72 genotype II and CD2v serogroup 8.

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