Discover the Latest African Swine Fever Virus Research, Reviews and Debates in One Place

April 10, 2013 — 

Read the Virus Research Special Issue on ASFV for free until the end of April! Written by leading experts in the field, this special issue provides outstanding contributions that illustrate the extensive repertoire of mechanisms that this evolutionarily ancient virus has adapted to subvert cellular processes.

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a double-stranded DNA virus that causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease of domestic swine. It has a high economic impact in those countries affected, and currently threatens pig farming in Africa and endangers the pig industry worldwide. There is as yet no effective vaccine.

Source: Virus Research, Volume 173, Issue 1, Pages 1-246 (April 2013)