Infection of pigs with African swine fever virus via ingestion of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Infection of pigs with African swine fever virus via ingestion of stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans)

AU - Olesen, Ann Sofie

AU - Lohse, Louise

AU - Hansen, Mette Frimodt

AU - Boklund, Anette

AU - Halasa, Tariq

AU - Belsham, Graham J

AU - Rasmussen, Thomas Bruun

AU - Bøtner, Anette

AU - Bødker, René

N1 - © 2018 The Authors. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases published by Blackwell Verlag GmbH.

PY - 2018/10

Y1 - 2018/10

N2 - Within Eastern Europe, African swine fever virus (ASFV) has unexpectedly spread to farms with high biosecurity. In an attempt to explain this process, pigs were allowed to ingest flies that had fed on ASFV-spiked blood, which had a realistic titre for an infected pig. Some of the pigs became infected with the virus. Thus, ingestion of blood-sucking flies, having fed on ASFV-infected wild boar before entering stables, represents a potential route for disease transmission.

AB - Within Eastern Europe, African swine fever virus (ASFV) has unexpectedly spread to farms with high biosecurity. In an attempt to explain this process, pigs were allowed to ingest flies that had fed on ASFV-spiked blood, which had a realistic titre for an infected pig. Some of the pigs became infected with the virus. Thus, ingestion of blood-sucking flies, having fed on ASFV-infected wild boar before entering stables, represents a potential route for disease transmission.

U2 - 10.1111/tbed.12918

DO - 10.1111/tbed.12918

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 29877056

SN - 1865-1674

VL - 65

SP - 1152

EP - 1157

JO - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

JF - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

IS - 5

ER -