Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus, China, 2018

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 2131 - 2133
• Main Authors: Ge, Shengqiang, Li, Jinming, Fan, Xiaoxu, Liu, Fuxiao, Li, Lin, Wang, Qinghua, Ren, Weijie, Bao, Jingyue, Liu, Chunju, Wang, Hua, Liu, Yutian, Zhang, Yongqiang, Xu, Tiangang, Wu, Xiaodong, Wang, Zhiliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2018; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: African swine fever; African Swine Fever - epidemiology; African Swine Fever - virology; African swine fever virus; African Swine Fever Virus - genetics; African Swine Fever Virus - immunology; African Swine Fever Virus - isolation & purification; Animals; Ataxia; causative virus strain; China - epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; DNA; Etiology (Medicine); Expedited; Farms; Genotype; Hog cholera; Humans; molecular characterization; Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus, China, 2018; outbreak; Phylogeny; Public health; Research Letter; Serogroup; Swine; viruses; World health; Zoonoses; China; Africa; viruses; African swine fever; African swine fever virus; zoonoses; molecular characterization; genotype; pigs; ASF; China; outbreak; ASFV; causative virus strain; serotype

On August 3, 2018, an outbreak of African swine fever in pigs was reported in China. We subjected a virus from an African swine fever-positive pig sample to phylogenetic analysis. This analysis showed that the causative strain belonged to the p72 genotype II and CD2v serogroup 8.