Genotyping of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Isolates in Romania with the First Report of Genotype II in Symptomatic Pigs

The World Organisation for Animal Health has listed African swine fever as the most important deadly disease in domestic swine around the world. The virus was recently brought from South-East Africa to Georgia in 2007, and it has since expanded to Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and Southeast Asia, h...

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Published in:Veterinary sciences 2021-11, Vol.8 (12), p.290
Main Authors: Ungur, Andrei, Cazan, Cristina Daniela, Panait, Luciana Cătălina, Taulescu, Marian, Balmoș, Oana Maria, Mihaiu, Marian, Bărbuceanu, Florica, Mihalca, Andrei Daniel, Cătoi, Cornel
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
African swine fever
African swine fever virus (ASFV)
Arthritis
Asfarviridae
Communication
Disease
domestic pigs
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Genomes
Genotype & phenotype
genotype II
Genotypes
Genotyping
Hogs
Mortality
p72
Romania
Skin
Virulence
Viruses
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Summary:The World Organisation for Animal Health has listed African swine fever as the most important deadly disease in domestic swine around the world. The virus was recently brought from South-East Africa to Georgia in 2007, and it has since expanded to Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and Southeast Asia, having a devastating impact on the global swine industry and economy. In this study, we report for the first time the molecular characterization of nine African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates obtained from domestic pigs in Mureş County, Romania. All nine Romanian samples clustered within p72 genotype II and showed 100% identity with all compared isolates from Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland. This is the first report of ASFV genotype II in the country.
ISSN:2306-7381
2306-7381
DOI:10.3390/vetsci8120290