African swine fever virus infection of the bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus) and its significance in the epidemiology of the disease

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Anderson, E C ^a   Hutchings, G H ^b   Mukarati, N ^a   Wilkinson, P J ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Bushpig; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TICK; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; SWINE; TICKS; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032580261     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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