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African Swine Fever

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3
Publications
2024
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Research activity

3 papers

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Publications over time
20202024
Major themes2
  • African Swine Fever2
  • African Swine Fever Virus2
Leading journals3
  • Annual review of animal biosciences1
  • Frontiers in immunology1
  • Journal of nanobiotechnology1
Leading researchers8
  • Dixon LK1
  • Jiang D1
  • Jori F1
  • Li F1
  • Liu Y1
  • Peng G1
  • Pfeiffer DU1
  • Song J1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice1
  • China/WOAH Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever1
  • College of Veterinary Medicine1
  • International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology1
  • Longhu Laboratory of Advanced Immunology1
  • Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Animal Pathogens and Biosafety1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.