title: African swine fever virus DNA in soft ticks, Senegal.
abstract: African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be naturally infected with the causative agent.
authors.affiliation: French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, Montpellier, France. laurence.vial@cirad.fr
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vial
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jori
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Etter
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roger
mesh_terms: D000358:African Swine Fever Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D026862:Argasidae / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012675:Senegal
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral