Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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African Swine Fever / epidemiology*
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African Swine Fever / pathology
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African Swine Fever / virology
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African Swine Fever Virus / genetics
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African Swine Fever Virus / isolation & purification*
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Animals
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / pathology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / veterinary*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology
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Disease Reservoirs / veterinary*
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Female
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Iran / epidemiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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Swine