The First Eighteen Months of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Saxony, Germany and Latvia-A Comparison.

ABSTRACT: African swine fever (ASF) emerged in Latvia in 2014. In 2020, the virus has been detected in the German federal state, Saxony. In both regions, the virus was probably introduced by infected wild boar coming from affected neighboring countries. As the current ASF control strategy at EU level had not yet been developed at the time of ASF introduction into Latvia, disease control measures in both study areas differed over time. Assessing the course of ASF in Saxony and the implemented control strategies, the first 18 months of the ASF epidemic were epidemiologically compared between Saxony and Latvia. ASF wild boar surveillance data were analyzed and the prevalence of ASF virus-positive wild boar was estimated. For estimating the wild boar density, the numbers of wild boar per km² were calcul

SUBMITTER: Richter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9867452 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature