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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research from R.J. Rowlands et al broadens understanding of emerging infectious diseases
March 17th, 2009
"African swine fever (ASF) is widespread in Africa but is rarely introduced to other continents. In June 2007, ASF was confirmed in the Caucasus region of Georgia, and it has since spread to neighboring countries," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report. "DNA fragments amplified from the genome of the isolates from domestic pigs in Georgia in 2007 were sequenced and compared with other ASF virus (ASFV) isolates to establish the genotype of the virus. Sequences were obtained from 4 genome regions, including part of the gene B646L that encodes the p72 capsid protein, the complete E183L and CP204L genes, which encode the p54 and p30...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-17)
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