Abstract
Within Eastern Europe, African swine fever virus (ASFV) has unexpectedly spread to farms with high biosecurity. In an attempt to explain this process, pigs were allowed to ingest flies that had fed on ASFV-spiked blood, which had a realistic titre for an infected pig. Some of the pigs became infected with the virus. Thus, ingestion of blood-sucking flies, having fed on ASFV-infected wild boar before entering stables, represents a potential route for disease transmission
Original language | English |
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Journal | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 1152-1157 |
ISSN | 1865-1674 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- African swine fever
- Blood-feeding flies
- Haemorrhagic disease
- Stomoxys calcitrans
- Virus transmission