Molecular Characterization of African Swine Fever Viruses Circulating in Can Tho City, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT: African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease in domestic and feral pigs. Since 2018, the disease has spread and caused large socioeconomic consequences to the pig industry in several Asian countries including China, Vietnam, and South Korea. This study aims to determine the genotype, serotype, and genetic variation of representative ASF viruses (ASFV) responsible for the outbreaks in 2019-2022 in Can Tho city, a central administrative province in the Mekong delta, Vietnam. For outbreak investigation, the presence of causative ASFVs was tested using conventional PCR targeting the B646L gene. Subsequently, the amplification and sequencing of the DNA fragments of the putative B646L gene encoding the major capsid protein p72, EP402R gene encoding the viral hemagglu

SUBMITTER: Duc Hien N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9911260 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature