Chapter 1 - Advances in understanding the characteristics and epidemiology of African swine fever: Youming Wang, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC), China; 1 Etiology2 Distribution3 Clinical signs and postmortem findings4 Disease transmission5 Transmission dynamics6 References
Chapter 2 - Advances in surveillance and diagnostic techniques for tracking the spread of African swine: Sandra Blome, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany
Chapter 3 - Risk-based measures for prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in pigs: Silvia Bellini, IZSLER, Italy; 1 Introduction2 Surveillance measures3 Biosecurity measures4 Cleaning and disinfection measures5 Conclusion6 Where to look for further information7 References
Chapter 4 - Advances in finding a vaccine for African swine fever: Douglas Gladue and Manuel V. Borca, USDA-ARS, USA; 1 ASFV proteins inducing protective immunity and the development of subunit vaccines2 Live attenuated Vaccines- Attenuated field isolates3 Live attenuated Vaccines -Adaptation to cell culture to decrease virulence4 Live attenuated Vaccines- Initial identification of genetic determinants of virulence in ASFV5 Case Study: Development of a ASFV Vaccine to the new emerging strain ASFV Georgia6 Other advances in ASFV discovery of determinants of virulence7 Summary8 Future trends in research9 Where to look for further information10 References
