African swine fever virus DNA in soft ticks, Senegal.
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.
Vial
Laurence
L
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, Montpellier, France. laurence.vial@cirad.fr
Wieland
Barbara
B
Jori
Ferran
F
Etter
Eric
E
Dixon
Linda
L
Roger
François
F
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
D004279:DNA, Viral