ICTV virus taxonomy profile Asfarviridae

The family Asfarviridae includes the single species African swine fever virus, isolates of which have linear dsDNA genomes of 170-194 kbp. Virions have an internal core, an internal lipid membrane, an icosahedral capsid and an outer lipid envelope. Infection of domestic pigs and wild boar results in an acute haemorrhagic fever with transmission by contact or ingestion, or by ticks of the genus Ornithodoros. Indigenous pigs act as reservoirs in Africa, where infection is endemic, and from where introductions occur periodically to Europe. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Asfarviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/asfarviridae.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Alonso, C., Borca, M., Dixon, L., Revilla, Y., Rodriguez, F., Escribano, J. M., Lefkowitz, E. J., Davison, A. J., Siddell, S. G., Simmonds, P., Sabanadzovic, S., Smith, D. B., Orton, R. J., Harrach, B., ICTV Report Consortium
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Microbiology Society 2018
Subjects:	African swine fever virus, Asfarviridae, ICTV Report, Taxonomy,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/533 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/292886
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