Zimbabwe is the only country in southern Africa with no reported African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks during 1993-2014. However, the 2015 discovery of genotype II ASF virus in Zimbabwe indicates the reemergence of ASF in this country and suggests that this viral genotype may be spreading through eastern and southern Africa.
Keywords: Africa; African swine fever; Zimbabwe; eastern Africa; epidemiology; genotype II; pig farms; pigs; reemergence; southern Africa; swine; ticks; transmission; viruses.