View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. African swine fever, a fatal disease of pigs, has been around for decades. Believed to have originated in sub-Saharan Africa, it’s made several ...

Live-attenuated African swine fever virus strains have demonstrated ... self-helper viruses (homologous or heterologous ASFV) whose replication is inhibited by Cas9 cleavage as far as the donor ...

The team published its study, “A synthetic genomics-based African swine fever virus engineering platform,” in Science Advances. The new system is expected to aid researchers in developing ...

African swine fever has led to the deaths of 2,357 pigs in four districts of Mizoram since March. After a three-month hiatus, the outbreak resumed, affecting 43 villages. Over 33,000 pigs died in ...

African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organization for Animal ...

the Government of Guyana has launched a regional pilot project aimed at strengthening its defences against African swine fever (ASF), a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

The disease has plagued China for years, with an initial wave during 2018 and 2019 killing millions of pigs and leading to a dramatic decline in meat output A surge in African swine fever ...

Quarantine authorities are increasingly on alert for African swine fever (ASF), a pig disease with a nearly 100 percent fatality rate that has spread to almost all areas surrounding Japan.

African swine fever does not infect humans, but its fatality rate is close to total for pigs and wild boars. No effective vaccine exists. Farm ministry officials said the disease was found in ...