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Article: Swine Fever
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- World of Microbiology and Immunology
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Swine fever
Swine fever is a viral disease that afflicts swine. The disease is also known as hog cholera. A related form of the disease is called African swine fever.
The virus that causes swine fever is a member of the family Flaviviridae and the genus
Pestivirus
. A virus causes African swine fever from the family Iridovirisae. The virus itself is designated
Asfarviridae
, a name derived from "African Swine Fever and Related Viruses." The virus is so far the sole member of the newly created genus
Asfivirus
.
The two
viruses
are quite different from one another in structure and behavior. Yet, the diseases they cause are very similar with respect to their transmission and the symptoms ...