African Swine Fever
A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).
Year introduced: 1970
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Tree Number(s): C01.920.930.125, C01.925.081.078, C01.925.256.142, C22.905.072
MeSH Unique ID: D000357
Entry Terms:
- African Swine Fever Virus Infection
- Wart-Hog Disease
- Wart Hog Disease
- Wart-Hog Diseases
- Swine Fever, African
- Asfivirus Infection
- Asfivirus Infections
- Infection, Asfivirus
- Infections, Asfivirus
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