Outbreak of African swine fever in South Korea, 2019
Hyun‐Joo Kim, Ki‐Hyun Cho, Soo‐Kyoung Lee, Da‐Young Kim, Jin‐Ju Nah, Hyun‐Jeong Kim, Hyojin Kim, Ji‐Yong Hwang, Hyun‐Joo Sohn, Jun‐Gu Choi, Hae‐Eun Kang, Yong‐Joo Kim
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.
Topics & Concepts
OutbreakAfrican swine feverIntergenic regionVirologyGenotypeBiologyAfrican swine fever virusVeterinary medicineVirusMedicineGeneticsGeneGenomeAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyVector-Borne Animal DiseasesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology