Eight Years of African Swine Fever in the Baltic States: Epidemiological Reflections.

ABSTRACT: African swine fever (ASF) was first detected in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia in 2014 and has since been circulating in the Baltic States with a similar epidemiological course characterized by persistence of the disease in the wild boar population and occasional spill-over infections in domestic pigs. The aim of the present study was to evaluate surveillance data on ASF in wild boar from the three countries to improve our understanding of the course of the disease. ASF surveillance and wild boar population data of the countries were analyzed. In all three countries, a decrease in the prevalence of ASF virus-positive wild boar was observed over time. Although somewhat delayed, an increase in the seroprevalence was seen. At the same time, the wild boar population density decreased significa

SUBMITTER: Schulz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9230151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature