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Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Vector Borne Diseases » Tick-Borne Diseases » African Swine Fever
Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Virus Diseases » Arbovirus Infections » African Swine Fever
Diseases [C] » Infections [C01] » Virus Diseases » DNA Virus Infections » African Swine Fever
Diseases [C] » Animal Diseases [C22] » Swine Diseases » African Swine Fever
Description
A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros). MeSH
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