African swine fever virus NAM P1/95 is a mixture of genotype I and genotype VIII viruses
Lynnette C. Goatley, Graham Freimanis, Chandana Tennakoon, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Livio Heath, Christopher L. Netherton
Abstract
ABSTRACT African swine fever virus causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs. The NAM P1/1995 isolate was originally described as B646L genotype XVIII; however, full genome sequencing revealed that this assignment was incorrect.
Topics & Concepts
GenotypeVirologyBiologyVirusGenomeGeneGeneticsAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyVector-Borne Animal DiseasesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology