African Swine Fever Virus – Survival and Transmission
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 16275
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ASFV epidemiology and control; in particular risk factors for virus transmission into domestic pig herds; whole-genome sequencing of ASFV as a tool for molecular tracing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
African swine fever (ASF) is an important notifiable disease of domestic pigs and wild boar. ASF has huge socioeconomic consequences, and the most recent introduction of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) from Africa into Transcaucasia and further spread into Europe, China, and Southeastern Asia has demonstrated its threat to the worldwide trade of pig products and global food security.
In Europe, the introduction of ASFV into both backyard and commercial pig farms is often attributed to indirect virus transmission mediated via humans. However, in the majority of cases, the exact route of introduction cannot be established. In order to identify risk factors for entry into pig holdings, various mechanisms for indirect ASFV transmission should be explored further. These include the persistence of ASFV in dead wild boar and their habitat. In addition, virus survival in different matrices, including feed, bedding, fomites, and pork products, needs to be assessed together with the risk of transmission via such materials to pigs. Furthermore, the roles of invertebrate vectors at the domestic pig–wild boar interface and of human behavior in spreading the disease need to be considered.
In this Special Issue, we intend to focus on ASFV stability and survival in different materials and the indirect routes of virus transmission in order to increase the understanding of ASFV transmission, including at the wild boar–domestic pig interface. We ask researchers to contribute their recent findings, focusing on (but not limited to):
- Laboratory and field investigations of ASFV survival and stability
- Transmission studies and field case reports
- Modeling of ASF spread
- Biosecurity
- Social science studies related to possible transmission routes
Dr. Ann Sofie Olesen
Prof. Dr. Anette Bøtner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ASFV survival
- domestic pig–wild boar interface
- feed
- fomites
- indirect transmission
- vectors
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