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SUBMITTER: Flannery J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7645617 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Flannery John J Ashby Martin M Moore Rebecca R Wells Sian S Rajko-Nenow Paulina P Netherton Christopher L CL Batten Carrie C
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc 20200923 6
African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating viral disease of pigs and wild boar, and it threatens global food security. We aimed to identify suitable sample matrices for use in ASF surveillance programs. Six pigs inoculated with ASFV were sampled at postmortem. Blood, bone marrow, ear biopsies, and oral, nasal, and rectal swabs were taken from all pigs. All samples were analyzed using 3 real-time PCR (rtPCR) assays and a LAMP assay. ASFV was detected at > 10<sup>7</sup> genome copies/mL in blood; ...[more]