Risk Mapping of African Swine Fever in Domestic Pigs and Wild Boars to Enhance Management and Surveillance in Asia.

ABSTRACT: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly lethal disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boars, caused by the ASF virus (ASFV), which has rapidly spread across Asia in recent years. In this region, most reported ASF cases involve domestic pigs, while cases in wild boars remain notably lower except in a few countries. However, factors such as the high population of wild boars, limited wildlife surveillance, and inadequate farm biosecurity suggest that the prevalence and transmission of ASFV between these hosts may be underestimated. Therefore, we used a simplified multicriteria approach (SMCA) to identify vulnerable areas (VAs) for ASFV infection and validated the resulting VA maps with chi-square tests using reported ASF cases. The spatial SMCA revealed that VAs for ASFV infection in domestic

SUBMITTER: Kawaguchi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662683 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature