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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Research Letter

Identification of Wild Boar–Habitat Epidemiologic Cycle in African Swine Fever Epizootic

Erika ChenaisComments to Author , Karl Ståhl, Vittorio Guberti, and Klaus Depner
Author affiliations: National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (E. Chenais, K. Ståhl); National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy (V. Guberti); Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (K. Depner)

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The 4 epidemiologic cycles of African swine fever and main transmission agents. 1) Sylvatic cycle: the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanuus), bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus), and soft ticks of Ornithodoros spp. The role of the bushpig in the sylvatic cycle remains unclear. 2) The tick–pig cycle: soft ticks and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). 3) The domestic cycle: domestic pigs and pig-derived products (pork, blood, fat, lard, bones, bone marrow, hides). 4) The wild boar–habitat cycl

Figure. The 4 epidemiologic cycles of African swine fever and main transmission agents. 1) Sylvatic cycle: the common warthog (Phacochoerus africanuus), bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus), and soft ticks of Ornithodoros spp. The role of the bushpig in the sylvatic cycle remains unclear. 2) The tick–pig cycle: soft ticks and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). 3) The domestic cycle: domestic pigs and pig-derived products (pork, blood, fat, lard, bones, bone marrow, hides). 4) The wild boar–habitat cycle: wild boar (S. scrofa), pig- and wild boar–derived products and carcasses, and the habitat.

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