LP19869-4
African swine fever virus
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Descriptions
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the causative agent of African swine fever. ASFV infects domestic pigs, warthogs and bushpigs, as well as soft ticks. The virus causes a lethal haemorraghic disease in domestic pigs, some isolates can cause death of animals within as little as a week after infection. In all of the other species the virus causes no obvious disease. ASFV is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa and exists in the wild through a cycle of infection between ticks and wild pigsbushpigswarthogs. ASFV was first described after European settlers brought pigs into areas endemic with ASFV and as such is an example of an 'emerging infection'. The virus itself is a large DNA virus with a genome containing at least 150 genes. The number of genes differs slightly between different isolates of the virus. ASFV has similarities to the other large DNA viruses e.g., poxvirus, iridovirus, mimivirus. More recently ASFV has been associated with AIDS as a possible causal agent. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , African swine fever virus (Wikipedia)
The lone species of the genus Asfivirus. It infects domestic and wild pigs, warthogs, and bushpigs. Disease is endemic in domestic swine in many African countries and Sardinia. Soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros are also infected and act as vectors. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- African swine fever virus
- Part Display Name
- African swine fever virus
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- ASFV
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 非洲猪瘟病毒 Synonyms: ASFV; |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Virus de la peste porcina africana |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Peste suina africana, virus Synonyms: Virus della peste suina africana |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Африканская свиная лирохадка вирус Synonyms: Вирус африканской чумы свиней |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Virus perte porcine africaine |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Virus perte porcine africaine |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | African swine fever virüsü Synonyms: BAK |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Afrikaanse-varkenspestvirus |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Wirus afrykańskiego pomoru świń Synonyms: Wirus afrykańskiego pomoru świń |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ιός αφρικανικής πανώλης των χοίρων Synonyms: Ιός αφρικανικής πανώλης των χοίρων |
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