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SUBMITTER: King K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3120964 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
King Katherine K Chapman Dave D Argilaguet Jordi M JM Fishbourne Emma E Hutet Evelyne E Cariolet Roland R Hutchings Geoff G Oura Christopher A L CA Netherton Christopher L CL Moffat Katy K Taylor Geraldine G Le Potier Marie-Frederique MF Dixon Linda K LK Takamatsu Haru-H HH
Vaccine 20110505 28
African swine fever (ASF) is an acute haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs for which there is currently no vaccine. We showed that experimental immunisation of pigs with the non-virulent OURT88/3 genotype I isolate from Portugal followed by the closely related virulent OURT88/1 genotype I isolate could confer protection against challenge with virulent isolates from Africa including the genotype I Benin 97/1 isolate and genotype X Uganda 1965 isolate. This immunisation strategy protected most pi ...[more]