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Volume 23, Number 5—May 2017
Research Letter

Reemergence of African Swine Fever in Zimbabwe, 2015

Juanita van HeerdenComments to Author , Kerstin Malan, Biko M. Gadaga, and Reverend M. Spargo1
Author affiliations: Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa (J. van Heerden, K. Malan); Central Veterinary Laboratory, Harare, Zimbabwe (B.M. Gadaga); Veterinary Services, Harare (R.M. Spargo)

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Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree based on the partial B646L (p72) gene sequences of African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates from a 2015 outbreak in Zimbabwe. The outbreak strains (ZIM/1/15, ZIM/2/15, and ZIM/3/15 [GenBank accession nos. KX090921–KX090923]) grouped with genotype II ASFV strains isolated in Mozambique (MOZ), Tanzania (TAN), Malawi (MAL), Mauritius (MAU), and Georgia, sharing 100% nucleotide identity with those strains. Phylogeny was inferred after 1,000 bootstrap replications;

Figure. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree based on the partial B646L (p72) gene sequences of African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates from a 2015 outbreak in Zimbabwe. The outbreak strains (ZIM/1/15, ZIM/2/15, and ZIM/3/15 [GenBank accession nos. KX090921–KX090923]) grouped with genotype II ASFV strains isolated in Mozambique (MOZ), Tanzania (TAN), Malawi (MAL), Mauritius (MAU), and Georgia, sharing 100% nucleotide identity with those strains. Phylogeny was inferred after 1,000 bootstrap replications; values at nodes indicate the percentage of bootstrap support. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1All authors contributed equally to this article.

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