NALT

Preferred term

African swine fever virus

Organism

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).

Asfivirus

ASFV (African swine fever virus)

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

1238

Has taxonomic rank

species

Spanish

African swine fever virus
ASFV (African swine fever virus)

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 2/17/17