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Descriptor English: African Swine Fever
Descriptor Spanish: Fiebre Porcina Africana
Descriptor fiebre porcina africana
Entry term(s) infección por Asfivirus
infección por el virus de la fiebre porcina africana
peste porcina africana
Scope note: Infección por ASFIVIRUS, a veces mortal, que afecta a los cerdos. Se caracteriza por fiebre, tos, diarrea, ganglios linfáticos hemorrágicos y edema de la vesícula biliar. Se transmite entre el ganado porcino por contacto directo, por ingestión de carne infectada, o por fómites o mecánicamente por la picadura de moscas o de garrapatas (género Ornithodoros).
Descriptor Portuguese: Febre Suína Africana
Descriptor French: Peste porcine africaine
Entry term(s): African Swine Fever Virus Infection
Asfivirus Infection
Asfivirus Infections
Infection, Asfivirus
Infections, Asfivirus
Swine Fever, African
Wart Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Diseases
Tree number(s): C01.920.930.125
C01.925.081.078
C01.925.256.142
C22.905.072
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000357
Scope note: A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).
Annotation: do not confuse with SWINE FEVER see CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Swine Diseases (1966-1969)
Virus Diseases (1966-1969)
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70
DeCS ID: 362
Unique ID: D000357
NLM Classification: SF 977.A4
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
African Swine Fever - Preferred
Concept UI M0000545
Scope note A sometimes fatal ASFIVIRUS infection of pigs, characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, hemorrhagic lymph nodes, and edema of the gallbladder. It is transmitted between domestic swine by direct contact, ingestion of infected meat, or fomites, or mechanically by biting flies or soft ticks (genus Ornithodoros).
Preferred term African Swine Fever
Entry term(s) African Swine Fever Virus Infection
Asfivirus Infection
Asfivirus Infections
Infection, Asfivirus
Infections, Asfivirus
Swine Fever, African
Wart Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Disease
Wart-Hog Diseases



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