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Is it possible for humans to get swine fever? If not : what is the closest human disease to it?
asked in human, pig, zoonosis
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| P-Kasso answers: Judging from the symptoms of swine fever, the nearest human disease (based on the symptoms rather than the biological causes) is probably cholera or smallpox. (Swine fever is in fact virtually indistinguishable from Hog Cholera).
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo/ppt/AfricanSwineFever.ppt+swine+fever+humans&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=uk&lr=lang_en
While this site explains further...
www.iah.ac.uk/disease/AfSwFe.shtml
The virus that causes African Swine Fever (ASF) belongs to a group of viruses called the Asfarviridae, which are related to Poxviruses - including smallpox - and Iridoviruses.
It is spread by Ornithodoros ticks (see my picture above). These delightful creatures can carry several serious blood diseases that can affect both animals and humans.
Ornithodoros moubata is the species that carries the ASF virus. Whilst its preferred host, the wart hog, is unaffected by the virus, the domesticated pig is highly susceptible.
Ornithodoros moubata usually lives in the burrows made by the wart hog, where it relies on the wart hog for its blood meals. However, it is also able to feed on domesticated pigs that may be in the area and hence passes on the infection that would otherwise go unnoticed. The virus can then be spread directly to other pigs.
Sardinia is the only part of the European Union where African swine fever occurs. An eradication programme is in force. ASF spread to several countries in the Caucasus in 2007. Disease has been confirmed in domestic pigs in Georgia, Armenia, Abkhazia Autonomous Republic, Southern Osetia, Nagoro-Karabayh and from wild boar in Chechnya. 3 years ago / reply
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