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Abstract
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).
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Synonyms
9 entry terms
- African Swine Fever Virus Infection
- Asfivirus Infection
- Swine Fever, African
- Wart-Hog Disease
- Asfivirus Infections
- Infection, Asfivirus
- Infections, Asfivirus
- Wart Hog Disease
- Wart-Hog Diseases
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33 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with SWINE FEVER see CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
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Previous Indexing
- Swine Diseases (1966-1969)
- Virus Diseases (1966-1969)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. African Swine Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000357. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000357
- African Swine Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_swine_fever
- African Swine Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632404