An Investigation into the first outbreak of african swine fever in the republic of mauritius

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 178-188

  Lubisi, B A ^a   Dwarka, R M ^a   Meenowa, D ^b   Jaumally, R ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Ministry of Agro Industry and Fisheries   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

African swine fever; African swine fever virus; Dangerous contact premises; Infected premises

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAURITIUS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; MAURITIUS; PHYLOGENY; SWINE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 65649109349     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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