African swine fever: How can global spread be prevented?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1530, 2009, Pages 2683-2696

  Costard, Solenne ^a,e   Wieland, Barbara ^a   De Glanville, William ^a   Jori, Ferran ^b   Rowlands, Rebecca ^c   Vosloo, Wilna ^d   Roger, Francois ^b   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^a   Dixon, Linda K ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African swine fever; Arthropod vectors; Molecular epidemiology; Pigs; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DNA; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MORTALITY; PIG; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARTHROPODA; DNA VIRUSES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; SWINE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; IXODIDAE; SWINE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 70349306835     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0098     Document Type: Review

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