African Swine Fever Re-Emerging in Estonia: The Role of Seropositive Wild Boar from an Epidemiological Perspective

African Swine Fever Re-Emerging in Estonia: The Role of Seropositive Wild Boar from an Epidemiological Perspective

African swine fever (ASF) emerged in Estonia in 2014. From February 2019 to August 2020, no pigs or wild boar tested positive for ASF virus (ASFV), only ASFV-specific antibodies could be detected in shot wild boar. However, ASF recently re-emerged in wild boar. We tested three hypotheses that might...

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Main Authors: Katja Schulz, Jana Schulz, Christoph Staubach, Sandra Blome, Imbi Nurmoja, Franz J. Conraths, Carola Sauter-Louis, Arvo Viltrop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
African swine fever
Estonia
ASFV-carrier
confidence in freedom
detection probability
sensitivity of surveillance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2121

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