Do African swine fever (ASF) vaccines designed for the European and Asian markets work for Africa?

Anna Lacasta, Rose Ojuok, Christine Mutisya, Eunice Machuka
Do African swine fever (ASF) vaccines designed for the European and Asian markets work for Africa?

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Live attenuated vaccines developed by many research groups are based on Genotype-II of African swine fever virus, predominantly present in Europe
and Asia. Presence of 24 different genotypes in Africa, some genetically very distant. There is no testing on the impact (potential risk or benefit) the developed ASF vaccines will have in the African context.

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