TY - JOUR AU - Farlow, Jason AU - Donduashvili, Marina AU - Kokhreidze, Maka AU - Kotorashvili, Adam AU - Vepkhvadze, Nino G. AU - Kotaria, Nato AU - Gulbani, Ana PY - 2018 DA - 2018/12/14 TI - Intra-epidemic genome variation in highly pathogenic African swine fever virus (ASFV) from the country of Georgia JO - Virology Journal SP - 190 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes an acute hemorrhagic infection in suids with a mortality rate of up to 100%. No vaccine is available and the potential for catastrophic disease in Europe remains elevated due to the ongoing ASF epidemic in Russia and Baltic countries. To date, intra-epidemic whole-genome variation for ASFV has not been reported. To provide a more comprehensive baseline for genetic variation early in the ASF outbreak, we sequenced two Georgian ASFV samples, G-2008/1 and G-2008/2, derived from domestic porcine blood collected in 2008. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-1099-z DO - 10.1186/s12985-018-1099-z ID - Farlow2018 ER -