African Swine Fever [africký mor prasat]
- Terms
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African Swine Fever Virus Infection
Asfivirus Infection
Swine Fever, African
Wart-Hog Disease
A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).
- Annotation
- do not confuse with SWINE FEVER see CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
- DUI
- D000357 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0000545
- Previous indexing
- Swine Diseases (1966-1969); Virus Diseases (1966-1969)
- History note
- 70
- Public note
- 70
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
- CL
- classification
- CO
- complications
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology 14
- ET
- etiology
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology 1
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality 3
- NU
- nursing
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 1
- PP
- physiopathology
- PC
- prevention & control 8
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- SU
- surgery
- TH
- therapy
- TM
- transmission 6
- UR
- urine
- VI
- virology 3