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Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus, China, 2018

Authors :
Shengqiang Ge
Jinming Li
Xiaoxu Fan
Fuxiao Liu
Lin Li
Qinghua Wang
Weijie Ren
Jingyue Bao
Chunju Liu
Hua Wang
Yutian Liu
Yongqiang Zhang
Tiangang Xu
Xiaodong Wu
Zhiliang Wang
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 2131-2133 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
24
Issue :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.61293486cb340fbb9991f3a92896958
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.181274