Current efforts towards safe and effective live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever: challenges and prospects.
https://europepmc.org/article/MED/34949228
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 24 Dec 2021, 10(1):137
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00920-6 PMID: 34949228 PMCID: PMC8702042
African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild boar caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV). Since ASF has been introduced into Europe and Asia, the major pig-raising areas, posing a huge threat to the pork industry worldwide. Currently, prevention and control of ASF are basically dependent on strict biosecurity measures and stamping-out policy once ASF occurs.