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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Asfarviridae

2018; Microbiology Society; Volume: 99; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1099/jgv.0.001049

1465-2099

Covadonga Alonso, Manuel V. Borca, Linda K. Dixon, Yolanda Revilla, Fernando Rodrı́guez, José M. Escribano,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

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 .