Genome Plasticity of African Swine Fever Virus: Implications for Diagnostics and Live-Attenuated Vaccines
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious transboundary viral hemorrhagic disease of domestic and wild pigs presenting a significant threat to the global swine industry.Following its introduction in Caucasus, Georgia, in 2007, the genome of the Cordless Blowers genotype II of African swine fever virus (ASFV) strain Georgia-07 and its derivat