Jean Nepomuscene Hakizimana

Sep 6, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Francisco Javier Salguero |Martin Ashby |Jean Nepomuscene Hakizimana

IntroductionAfrican swine fever (ASF), caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV), is a highly contagious and notifiable animal disease in domestic pigs and wild boars, as designated by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) (1). ASFV is the only member of the Asfivirus genus within the Asfarviridae family and is the sole arthropod-borne DNA virus (2).