Instant Insights: African Swine Fever

Chapter 1 - Advances in understanding the characteristics and epidemiology of African swine fever: Youming Wang and Lu Gao, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre (CAHEC), China;

1 Introduction
2 Distribution of African swine fever
3 Clinical signs and postmortem findings of African swine fever
4 Disease transmission: hosts and transmission cycles
5 Transmission dynamics of African swine fever
6 Conclusion
7 Where to look for further information
8 References


Chapter 2 - Advances in surveillance and diagnostic techniques for tracking the spread of African swine: Sandra Blome, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health - Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany;

1 Introduction
2 Sample matrices
3 Detection methods
4 Alternative sample matrices
5 Pen-side diagnostics
6 Developments in genomic epidemiology
7 Conclusion
8 References


Chapter 3 - Risk-based measures for prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in pigs: Silvia Bellini, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia ed Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Italy;

1 Introduction
2 Surveillance measures
3 Biosecurity measures
4 Cleaning and disinfection measures
5 Conclusion
6 Where to look for further information
7 References


Chapter 4 - Advances in finding a vaccine for African swine fever: Douglas P. Gladue and Manuel V. Borca, Plum Island Animal Disease Center and Center of Excellence for African Swine Fever Genomics, USA;

1 African swine fever virus proteins induce protective immunity and the development of subunit vaccines
2 Live-attenuated vaccines naturally attenuated and cell culture passed field isolates
3 Live-attenuated vaccines Initial identification of genetic determinants of virulence in African swine fever virus
4 Case study: development of an African swine fever virus vaccine for the new emerging strain African swine fever virus Georgia
5 Other advances in African swine fever virus discovery of determinants of virulence
6 Conclusion
7 Future trends in research
8 Where to look for further information
9 References