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Preferred term

African Swine Fever  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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).

Entry terms

  • African Swine Fever Virus Infection
  • Asfivirus Infection
  • Swine Fever, African
  • Wart-Hog Disease

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DJP523S4-T

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