Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties
African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important diseases in Suidae due to its significant health and socioeconomic consequences and represents a major threat to the European pig industry, especially in the absence of any available treatment or vaccine. In fact, with its high mortality rate an...
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| author | Sarah I. Bonnet Emilie Bouhsira Nick De Regge Johanna Fite Florence Etoré Mutien-Marie Garigliany Ferran Jori Laetitia Lempereur Marie-Frédérique Le Potier Elsa Quillery Claude Saegerman Timothée Vergne Laurence Vial |
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| description | African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important diseases in Suidae due to its significant health and socioeconomic consequences and represents a major threat to the European pig industry, especially in the absence of any available treatment or vaccine. In fact, with its high mortality rate and the subsequent trade restrictions imposed on affected countries, ASF can dramatically disrupt the pig industry in afflicted countries. In September 2018, ASF was unexpectedly identified in wild boars from southern Belgium in the province of Luxembourg, not far from the Franco-Belgian border. The French authorities rapidly commissioned an expert opinion on the risk of ASF introduction and dissemination into metropolitan France. In Europe, the main transmission routes of the virus comprise direct contact between infected and susceptible animals and indirect transmission through contaminated material or feed. However, the seasonality of the disease in some pig farms in Baltic countries, including outbreaks in farms with high biosecurity levels, have led to questions on the possible involvement of arthropods in the transmission of the virus. This review explores the current body of knowledge on the most common arthropod families present in metropolitan France. We examine their potential role in spreading ASF—by active biological or mechanical transmission or by passive transport or ingestion—in relation to their bio-ecological properties. It also highlights the existence of significant gaps in our knowledge on vector ecology in domestic and wild boar environments and in vector competence for ASFV transmission. Filling these gaps is essential to further understanding ASF transmission in order to thus implement appropriate management measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67c1161eeea94cc2bb245ba9f6faa2742023-11-20T07:20:28ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152020-07-0112777810.3390/v12070778Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological PropertiesSarah I. Bonnet0Emilie Bouhsira1Nick De Regge2Johanna Fite3Florence Etoré4Mutien-Marie Garigliany5Ferran Jori6Laetitia Lempereur7Marie-Frédérique Le Potier8Elsa Quillery9Claude Saegerman10Timothée Vergne11Laurence Vial12UMR BIPAR, Animal Health Laboratory, INRAE, ANSES, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Université Paris-Est, CEDEX, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, FranceUMR ENVT-INRA INTHERES, National Veterinary School of Toulouse, 31300 Toulouse, FranceSciensano, Scientific Direction Infectious Diseases in Animals, 1050 Bruxelles, BelgiumFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, CEDEX, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, FranceFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, CEDEX, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, FranceFundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, BelgiumUMR Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risque et Ecosystèmes (ASTRE), CIRAD-INRAE-Université de Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, FranceFundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, BelgiumUnité de Virologie Immunologie Porcines, Laboratoire de Ploufragan/Plouzané/Niort, Anses, 22440 Ploufragan, FranceFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, CEDEX, 94701 Maisons-Alfort, FranceFundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, BelgiumUMR ENVT-INRA IHAP, National Veterinary School of Toulouse, 31300 Toulouse, FranceUMR Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risque et Ecosystèmes (ASTRE), CIRAD-INRAE-Université de Montpellier, 34398 Montpellier, FranceAfrican swine fever (ASF) is one of the most important diseases in Suidae due to its significant health and socioeconomic consequences and represents a major threat to the European pig industry, especially in the absence of any available treatment or vaccine. In fact, with its high mortality rate and the subsequent trade restrictions imposed on affected countries, ASF can dramatically disrupt the pig industry in afflicted countries. In September 2018, ASF was unexpectedly identified in wild boars from southern Belgium in the province of Luxembourg, not far from the Franco-Belgian border. The French authorities rapidly commissioned an expert opinion on the risk of ASF introduction and dissemination into metropolitan France. In Europe, the main transmission routes of the virus comprise direct contact between infected and susceptible animals and indirect transmission through contaminated material or feed. However, the seasonality of the disease in some pig farms in Baltic countries, including outbreaks in farms with high biosecurity levels, have led to questions on the possible involvement of arthropods in the transmission of the virus. This review explores the current body of knowledge on the most common arthropod families present in metropolitan France. We examine their potential role in spreading ASF—by active biological or mechanical transmission or by passive transport or ingestion—in relation to their bio-ecological properties. It also highlights the existence of significant gaps in our knowledge on vector ecology in domestic and wild boar environments and in vector competence for ASFV transmission. Filling these gaps is essential to further understanding ASF transmission in order to thus implement appropriate management measures.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/7/778African swine fever virusarthropodstransmissionticks<i>Culicoides</i>mosquitoes |
| spellingShingle | Sarah I. Bonnet Emilie Bouhsira Nick De Regge Johanna Fite Florence Etoré Mutien-Marie Garigliany Ferran Jori Laetitia Lempereur Marie-Frédérique Le Potier Elsa Quillery Claude Saegerman Timothée Vergne Laurence Vial Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties Viruses African swine fever virus arthropods transmission ticks <i>Culicoides</i> mosquitoes |
| title | Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties |
| title_full | Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties |
| title_fullStr | Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties |
| title_short | Putative Role of Arthropod Vectors in African Swine Fever Virus Transmission in Relation to Their Bio-Ecological Properties |
| title_sort | putative role of arthropod vectors in african swine fever virus transmission in relation to their bio ecological properties |
| topic | African swine fever virus arthropods transmission ticks <i>Culicoides</i> mosquitoes |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/7/778 |
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