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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research Letter

Undetected Circulation of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar, Asia

Timothée VergneComments to Author , Claire Guinat, and Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Author affiliations: National Veterinary School of Toulouse, Toulouse, France (T. Vergne, C. Guinat); Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Toulouse (T. Vergne, C. Guinat); City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (D.U. Pfeiffer)

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Proportion of wild boar cases out of the total number of reported African swine fever events in the most affected countries in Europe (orange) and Asia (blue). Numbers in parentheses at right side of bars indicate the reported number of wild boar cases and the reported number of outbreaks in farms, from the date of the first reported ASF event in these countries through May 8, 2020 (1).

Figure. Proportion of wild boar cases out of the total number of reported African swine fever events in the most affected countries in Europe (orange) and Asia (blue). Numbers in parentheses at right side of bars indicate the reported number of wild boar cases and the reported number of outbreaks in farms, from the date of the first reported ASF event in these countries through May 8, 2020 (1).

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