Emergence of African swine fever virus, northwestern Iran.
In 2008, African swine fever was introduced into Georgia, after which it spread to neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation. That same year, PCR and sequence analysis identified African swine fever virus in samples from 3 dead female wild boars in northwestern Iran. Wild boars may serve as a reservoir.
Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Pooneh
P
Rahimi
Amir
A
Sohrabi
Javad
J
Ashrafihelan
Rosita
R
Edalat
Mehran
M
Alamdari
Mohammadhossein
M
Masoudi
Saied
S
Mostofi
Kayhan
K
Azadmanesh
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