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African Swine Fever Virus

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Iridoviridae

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 116))

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African swine fever (ASF) is an important disease of domestic pigs produced by an icosahedral deoxyvirus sensitive to lipid solvents, which has been classified in the family Iridoviridae (Matthews 1982).

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Viñuela, E. (1985). African Swine Fever Virus. In: Willis, D.B. (eds) Iridoviridae. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70280-8_8

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