Innovative research offers new hope for managing African swine fever better in resource-limited smallholder farming settings: A timely update

ML Penrith, J van Heerden, DU Pfeiffer, E Oļševskis… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has, since its discovery in Africa more than a
century ago, been associated with subsistence pig kee** with low levels of biosecurity …

The potential role of wild suids in African swine fever spread in Asia and the Pacific region

M Oberin, A Hillman, MP Ward, C Holley, S Firestone… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
African swine fever (ASF) in Asia and the Pacific is currently dominated by ASF virus
transmission within and between domestic pig populations. The contribution made by wild …

Epidemiological analyses of African swine fever in the European Union: (September 2020 to August 2021)

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)… - EFSA …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This report provides a descriptive analysis of the African swine fever (ASF) Genotype II
epidemic in the affected Member States in the EU and two neighbouring countries for the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal Patterns of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in the Russian Federation (2007–2022): Using Clustering Tools for Revealing High-Risk Areas

OI Zakharova, FI Korennoy, IV Yashin, OA Burova… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, we utilized the methods of spatiotemporal analysis to reveal
and visualize the areas in the Russian Federation where an increased density of wild boar …

Investigation of risk factors associated with the African swine fever outbreaks in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, 2011–2022

OI Zakharova, AA Blokhin, IV Yashin… - Transboundary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
African swine fever (ASF) is a transboundary viral disease that affects both domestic pigs
and wild boar, causing enormous damage to the pig production. Numerous studies are …

Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)… - EFSA …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Five epidemiological aspects of ASF were evaluated using literature reviews, field studies,
questionnaires and mathematical models. First, a literature review and a case–control study …

Direct and indirect pathways for the spread of African swine fever and other porcine infectious diseases: An application of the mental models approach

F Galli, B Friker, A Bearth, S Dürr - … and emerging diseases, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we investigated the occurrence of direct and indirect infectious disease
transmission pathways among pig farms in Switzerland, as well as their specific relevance …

Identification of a conservative site in the African swine fever virus p54 protein and its preliminary application in a serological assay

L Xu, C Cao, Z Yang, W Jia - Journal of Veterinary Science, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background ASF was first reported in Kenya in 1910 in 1921. In China, ASF spread to 31
provinces including Henan and Jiangsu within six months after it was first reported on …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial Epidemiology and Its Role in Prevention and Control of Swine Viral Disease

J Qiu, X Li, H Zhu, F **ao - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Spatial epidemiology, integrating traditional epidemiology, geography,
statistics, environmental science, and ecology, provides a comprehensive framework for …

[HTML][HTML] Risk Factors for African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Russia: Application of Regression for Classification Algorithms

OI Zakharova, EA Liskova - Animals, 2025 - mdpi.com
The population density of susceptible animals, including domestic pigs and wild boar, is a
major risk factor for the emergence of African Swine Fever outbreaks. The ASF foci in wild …