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The role of gastropods in African swine fever virus ecology

2024; BioMed Central; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12985-024-02444-5

1743-422X

Arpine Poghosyan, Sona Hakobyan, Hranush Avagyan, A. A. Avetisyan, Nane Bayramyan, Lina Hakobyan, Liana Abroyan, Aram Davtyan, Davit A. Poghosyan, Bagrat Baghdasaryan, Elina Arakelova, Elena Karalova, Zaven Karalyan,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

The spread of the African swine fever virus (ASF virus) genotype ii in the Eurasian region has been very successful and often inexplicable. The virus spreads rapidly and persists in areas with wild boar populations, but areas without feral pig populations are also affected. The virus has shown the ability to survive for a long time in the environment without a population of susceptible hosts, both pigs and Ornithodoros soft ticks. Published data indicated that ASF viruses persist significantly longer in an environment with some freshwater snails (especially Pomacea bridgesii, Tarebia granifera, Asolene spixii, Melanoides tuberculate, and Physa fontinalis), compared to freshwater without snails. Data obtained in this study suggest that gastropods theoretically can be the hosts of the ASF virus. Also, we have proven the possibility of long-term existence of an infectious virus when infected in vitro.