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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. DNA viruses
  3. dsDNA viruses
  4. Asfarviridae
  5. Asfivirus
  6. African swine fever virus
  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Pokkesviricetes
  3. Asfuvirales
  4. Asfarviridae
  5. Asfivirus
  6. African swine fever virus

Preferred term

African swine fever virus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information A sometimes fatal Asfivirus infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • ASFV (African swine fever virus)

Source

  • International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/4900

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