Epidemiological analyses of African swine fever in the European Union: (September 2020 to August 2021).

ABSTRACT: This report provides a descriptive analysis of the African swine fever (ASF) Genotype II epidemic in the affected Member States in the EU and two neighbouring countries for the period from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021. ASF continued to spread in wild boar in the EU, it entered Germany in September 2020, while Belgium became free from ASF in October 2020. No ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs nor cases in wild boar have been reported in Greece since February 2020. In the Baltic States, overall, there has been a declining trend in proportions of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive samples from wild boar carcasses in the last few years. In the other countries, the proportions of PCR-positive wild boar carcasses remained high, indicating continuing spread of the disease. A systematic li

SUBMITTER: EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9066549 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature