First detection and characterization of a non-haemadsorbing African swine fever virus (genotype II) isolated from a wild boar in Russia
In 2023, a non-haemadsorbing African swine fever virus (ASFV) of genotype II (isolate ASFV/Kirov/WB2023/1448) was recovered from a wild boar in the Kirov Region of Russia—the first such case during the current epidemic (2007–present). Whole-genome analysis of the non-haemadsorbing ASFV revealed a large deletion (~1,300...