title: Surveillance of classical swine fever in wild boar in South Korea from 2010-2014.
abstract: Classical swine fever (CSF) is a highly contagious systemic hemorrhagic viral disease of pigs. Wild boar plays a crucial role in the epidemiology of CSF. Between 2010 and 2014, samples were collected nationwide from 6,654 wild boars hunted in South Korea. Anti-CSF antibodies were identified in 0.59% (39 of 6,654) of the wild boar samples using a virus neutralization test and were primarily detected in wild boars living close to the demilitarized zone and the area of the Taebaek Mountains surroundings. The CSF virus (subgroup 2.1b) was isolated from two wild boars captured in a nearby border area. The criteria used to define high-risk areas for targeted CSF surveillance in South Korea should be further expanded to include other regions nationwide.
authors.affiliation: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, 430-824, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Kwan
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong-In
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jae-Jo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yoon-Young
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: In-Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Bang-Hun
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.forename: Sung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung-Hoe
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun-Hye
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018083:Border disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D006691:Classical Swine Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006692:Classical Swine Fever Virus / Q000235:genetics; D001908:Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral / Q000276:immunology; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing; D000914:Antibodies, Viral