First Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Sweden: Local Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Eradication Strategies.

ABSTRACT: The first case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in Sweden in September 2023. This article describes the local epidemiology, including the spatiotemporal dynamics of the outbreak and some of the factors that may have contributed to its apparently successful eradication. Upon detection of the outbreak, strict control measures were put in place in a preliminarily defined infected zone. A carcass search, including geo-localisation, removal, sampling, and destruction of found carcasses, was initiated and a preliminary core area was defined based on the results. Six months after confirmation of the first case, 93 wild boar carcasses had been found in the infected zone, of which 62 tested positive for ASF virus (ASFV). All ASFV-positive carcasses were found inside the core area. Based o

SUBMITTER: Chenais E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017073 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature