Isolation and Genetic Characterization of African Swine Fever Virus from Domestic Pig Farms in South Korea, 2019

On 17 September 2019, the first outbreak of African swine fever in a pig farm was confirmed in South Korea. By 9 October, 14 outbreaks of ASF in domestic pigs had been diagnosed in 4 cities/counties. We isolated viruses from all infected farms and performed genetic characterization. The phylogenetic...

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Main Authors: Hyun-Joo Kim, Ki-Hyun Cho, Ji-Hyoung Ryu, Min-Kyung Jang, Ha-Gyeong Chae, Ji-Da Choi, Jin-Ju Nah, Yong-Joo Kim, Hae-Eun Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/11/1237