title: Detection of African swine fever virus-like sequences in ponds in the Mississippi Delta through metagenomic sequencing.
abstract: Metagenomic characterization of water virome was performed in four Mississippi catfish ponds. Although differing considerably from African swine fever virus (ASFV), 48 of 446,100 sequences from 12 samples were similar enough to indicate that they represent new members in the family Asfarviridae. At present, ASFV is the only member of Asfarviridae, and this study presents the first indication of a similar virus in North America. At this point, there is no indication that the identified virus(es) pose a threat to human or animal health, and further study is needed to characterize their potential risks to both public health and agricultural development.
authors: Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi state, MS, USA. wanhenry@yahoo.com
authors: Xiu-Feng
authors: XF
authors: Wan
authors: J Lamar
authors: JL
authors: Barnett
authors: Fred
authors: F
authors: Cunningham
authors: Si
authors: S
authors: Chen
authors: Guohua
authors: G
authors: Yang
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Nash
authors: Li-Ping
authors: LP
authors: Long
authors: Lorelei
authors: L
authors: Ford
authors: Sherry
authors: S
authors: Blackmon
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Larry
authors: L
authors: Hanson
authors: Qiang
authors: Q
authors: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D025701:Asfarviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002397:Catfishes; D056186:Metagenomics; D009656:North America; D061005:Ponds / Q000821:virology*; D045483:Rivers / Q000821:virology*