Outbreak of African swine fever in South Korea, 2019

Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020 Mar;67(2):473-475. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13483. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Abstract

African swine fever, a fatal haemorrhagic disease of swine, was confirmed in domestic pigs for the first time in South Korea in September 2019. The causative virus belonged to the p72 genotype II and had an additional tandem repeat sequence in the intergenic region (IGR) between the I73R and I329L.

Keywords: African swine fever; South Korea; outbreak.

MeSH terms

  • African Swine Fever / epidemiology*
  • African Swine Fever / virology
  • African Swine Fever Virus / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Sus scrofa
  • Swine
  • Tandem Repeat Sequences / genetics

Associated data

  • GENBANK/MN603967
  • GENBANK/MN603968
  • GENBANK/MN603969
  • GENBANK/FR682468.1
  • GENBANK/MH713612
  • GENBANK/MK128995
  • GENBANK/MK554698