The persistence of African swine fever virus in field-infected Ornithodoros erraticus during the ASF endemic period in Portugal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Boinas, Fernando S ^a   Wilson, Anthony J ^b   Hutchings, Geoff H ^b   Martins, Carlos ^a   Dixon, Linda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PIG FARMING; PORTUGAL; SWINE DISEASE; TICK; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ACARI; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARGASIDAE; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS ERRATICUS; SUIDAE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GEOGRAPHY; ORNITHODOROS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79957846433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020383     Document Type: Article

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