Outbreak of African swine fever in South Korea, 2019

202090 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Hyun‐Joo Kim · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Ki‐Hyun Cho · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Soo‐Kyoung Lee · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Da‐Young Kim · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Jin‐Ju Nah · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Hyun‐Jeong Kim · Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency

Hyojin Kim

Abstract

African swine fever, a fatal haemorrhagic disease of swine, was confirmed in domestic pigs for the first time in South Korea in September 2019. The causative virus belonged to the p72 genotype II and had an additional tandem repeat sequence in the intergenic region (IGR) between the I73R and I329L.

Topics & Keywords

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volume 67, Issue 2, pp. 473-475

DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13483

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