African Swine Fever
MESHD000357
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).
Synonyms
- African Swine Fever Virus Infection
- Wart-Hog Disease
- Wart Hog Disease
- Wart-Hog Diseases
- Swine Fever, African
- Asfivirus Infection
- Asfivirus Infections
- Infection, Asfivirus
- Infections, Asfivirus
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