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Monitoring of African swine fever in the wild boar population of the most recent endemic area of Spain

Investigation article published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

December 1st, 2012

Wild boars are natural hosts for African swine fever (ASF). The ASF virus (ASFV) can persist for long periods in the environment, such as in ticks and contaminated products, which may be sources of infection for wild boar populations. African swine fever was eradicated in domestic pig populations in Spain in 1995, after 35 years of significant effort. To determine whether ASFV can persist in wild boar hosts after it has been eradicated from domestic pigs and to study the role of wild boar in helping ASFV persist in the environment, we checked for the presence of ASFV in wild boars in Doñana National Park, one of the largest natural habitats of wild boar in Spain and one of the last areas where ASF was endemic prior its eradication. Samples from 158 animals collected between 2006 and 2010 were analysed using serological and nucleic acid-based diagnostic techniques recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). None of the samples was found to be positive. These results confirm the absence of disease in wildlife in what was once one of the areas most affected by ASF in Spain, and they suggest that wild boars play a limited role in ASFV persistence. These results confirm that ASFV cannot persist in isolated wild boar populations for long periods of time without the interaction of other factors such as re-infection by contact with domestic pigs or by feeding on contaminated swill




Mur L., Boadella M., Martinez-Lopez B., Gallardo C., Gortazar C. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM..




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Participants:

Universidad ComplutenseServicio de Inmunología Viral y Medicina Preventiva (SUAT). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseDepartamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y AlimentariaCentro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA). Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA).

Gobierno de Castilla-La ManchaInstituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha (JCCM).







Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
FACTOR YEAR Q
2.096 2012

NLMID: 101319538

PMID: 22248024

ISSN: 1865-1674



TITLE: Monitoring of African swine fever in the wild boar population of the most recent endemic area of Spain


JOURNAL: Transbound Emerg Dis


NUMERACIÓN: 59(6):526-31


AÑO: 2012


PUBLISHER: Wiley


AUTHORS: Mur L., Boadella M., Martinez-Lopez B., Gallardo C., Gortazar C. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM..


5th
Christian Gortazar Schmidt
Last
José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01308.x


CITE THIS PUBLICATION:

Mur L., Boadella M., Martinez-Lopez B., Gallardo C., Gortazar C. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM. Monitoring of African swine fever in the wild boar population of the most recent endemic area of Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 59(6):526-31. 2012. (A). ISSN: 1865-1674. DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2012.01308.x


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