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African Swine Fever

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Yechiel Becker

    1. Department of Molecular Biology Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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Part of the book series: Developments in Veterinary Virology (DVVI, volume 3)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • W. R. Hess
    Pages 1-4

  3. African Swine Fever Virus in Nature

    • W. R. Hess
    Pages 5-9

  4. African Swine Fever - Clinical Aspects

    • A. Ordas Alvarez, M. A. Marcotegui
    Pages 11-20

  5. Pathobiology and Pathogenesis

    • Charles A. Mebus
    Pages 21-29

  6. Molecular Biology of African Swine Fever Virus

    • Eladio Viñuela
    Pages 31-49

  7. Characterization of ASFV Proteins

    • Enrique Tabares
    Pages 51-61

  8. African Swine Fever Diagnosis

    • J. M. Sanchez-Vizcaino
    Pages 63-71

  9. Differential Diagnosis Between African Swine Fever and Hog Cholera

    • C. Terpstra
    Pages 73-80

  10. Spontaneously Susceptible Cells and Cell Culture Methodologies for African Swine Fever Virus

    • In-Chang Pan
    Pages 81-126

  11. Approaches to Vaccination

    • U. Kihm, M. Ackermann, H. Mueller, R. Pool
    Pages 127-144

  12. Epidemiology of African Swine Fever Virus

    • Y. Becker
    Pages 145-150

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 151-157
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African swine fever (ASF) is caused by a virus that is classified as a member of the Iridovirinae family. The disease in the warthog, the natural host, in Africa was described in 1921 by R. E. Montgomery. The reservoir of the vi rus is inti cks. The i ntroduct i on of domestic pi gs into territory occupied by warthogs i nf ected wi th ASF in the 1960's has endangered the pig industry around the world. The domestic pig is highly sensitive to ASF and develops a devastating disease that kills the pig without giving the immune system a chance to defend the animal against the virus infection. The ability of ASF virus to infect and destroy cells of the reticuloendothelial system leaves a defenseless host that succumbs to an infection which may be described as an acquired immune deficiency di sease of domestic pi gs. Introduction of the virus into Iberia in the 1960's led to a series of ASF epidemics in Spain and Portugal . . and later in France, that caused heavy economic losses. Between 1976 and 1960, ASF virus made its appearance in Malta and Sardinia . . as well as in Brazil, The Dominican Republic . . Haiti, and later in Cuba. In 1985-6 . . ASF appeared in Belgium and The Netherlands.

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  • Department of Molecular Biology Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yechiel Becker

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