| Literature DB >> 28031363 |
Ana Luisa Reis1, Chris Netherton1, Linda K Dixon2.
Abstract
African swine fever is an acute hemorrhagic disease of pigs. Extensive recent spread in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe has increased the risk to global pig production. The virus is a large DNA virus and is the only member of the Asfarviridae family. In pigs, the virus replicates predominantly in macrophages. We review how the virus overcomes the barriers to replication in the macrophage and the virus mechanism to inhibit key host defense pathways.Entities:
Keywords: African swine fever; apoptosis; immune evasion; interferon; protein synthesis
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28031363 PMCID: PMC5331812 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02338-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103