Rapid emergence of African swine fever virus variants with different numbers of a tandem repeat sequence in South Korea
Seon‐Hee Kim, Song‐I Lee, Hyun‐Gi Jeong, Jongchan Yoo, Hyesung Jeong, Yong-Jun Choi, Kidong Son, Weon‐Hwa Jheong
Abstract
African swine fever virus variants with different numbers of a 10-bp tandem repeat were isolated in South Korea soon after being identified in wild boar. The short emergence periods and sympatric distributions within a narrow geographical region suggest that the variants were sporadically generated in the pre-existing viral population.
Topics & Concepts
Wild boarSympatric speciationBiologyVirologyTandem repeatVirusAfrican swine feverPopulationSequence (biology)African swine fever virusGeneticsEcologyGenomeGeneDemographySociologyAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyVector-Borne Animal DiseasesViral Infections and Immunology Research