Molecular characterization of African swine fever virus from domestic pigs in northern Tanzania during an outbreak in 2013

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Population

Domestic pigs that died during a hemorrhagic disease outbreak in northern Tanzania in June and July 2013

Design

Other

Authors

Discussion

May aid ASF surveillance in East Africa; leaves open implications for control and vaccine strategies.

Population

Domestic pigs that died during a hemorrhagic disease outbreak in northern Tanzania in June and July 2013

Intervention

Molecular diagnosis and characterization using PCR, nucleotide amplification, sequencing, and phylogenetic reconstruction

Outcome

Confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) outbreak and molecular characterization of the virus

The study confirms the 2013 ASF outbreak in northern Tanzania was caused by ASFV genotype X, closely related to previously reported local strains.

Misinzo et al. (2014) studied this question.

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