Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever: Second Edition
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 19
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Interests: evolution; pathogenesis; vaccines
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, African swine fever virus (ASFV) is one of the most important threats for the swine industry worldwide. Reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) indicate that since 2022, more than 900,000 cases in pigs and more than 30,000 cases in wild boars have been reported, involving almost 2,000,000 losses in domestic pigs. Additionally, since that time, the presence of ASFV has been reported in 64 countries around the world. At this point, continuous research in multiple areas is needed to mitigate the impact of ASFV.
I have the pleasure of announcing to the scientific community the launch of the Special Issue “Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever: Second Edition”. In short, this edition is a continuation of the successful original Special Issue “Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever” (Pathogens), which comprised a collection of 21 papers.
This new Special Issue is open to the submission of manuscripts associated with multiple aspects of the biology of African swine fever virus, including the epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, vaccines, drug development, and diagnostics.
This new Special Issue welcomes a variety of manuscript types, including original research papers, methods papers, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, hypotheses and theoretical works, case reports, letters to the editor, brief research reports, commentaries, opinions, editorials, and technology and codes. Authors must follow the authors’ guidelines in the preparation of their manuscripts.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions that will promote further developments in this field.
Dr. Lauro Velazquez-Salinas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- African swine fever (ASF)
- epidemiology
- evolution
- pathogenesis
- vaccines
- drug development
- diagnostics
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