Generation of Chimeric African Swine Fever Viruses Through <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo</i> Intergenotypic Gene Complementation.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: African swine fever (ASF), a fatal febrile hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and Eurasian wild boars, is caused by ASF virus (ASFV). ASF continues to spread across the globe, causing a significant impact on the world's pig industry. Recently, highly virulent chimeric ASFV (chASFV) strains with recombined genomes of the p72 genotype I and II viruses have been reported in China, Vietnam and Russia. Methods: In order to understand the propensity of ASFV genome for recombination, we attempted to experimentally generate chASFVs both in vitro and in vivo employing two distinct attenuated ASFV strains: OUR T88/3 (genotype I) and AQSΔB119L (genotype II). Results: When IPKM cells were co-infected with ASFV OUR T88/3 and AQSΔB119L strains, three

SUBMITTER: Kitamura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12115777 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature