Thirty-Five-Year Presence of African Swine Fever in Sardinia: History, Evolution and Risk Factors for Disease Maintenance

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e165-e177

  Mur, L ^a   Atzeni, M ^b   Martinez Lopez B ^a,c   Feliziani, F ^d   Rolesu, S ^b   Sanchez Vizcaino, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IZS della Sardegna Osservatorio Epidemiologico Veterinario Regionale Via Roma 231   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal health; Control; Endemic; Epidemiology; Eradication; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PIG; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VETERINARY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ITALY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWINE;

EID: 84959548047     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12264     Document Type: Review

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