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Spanish police search laboratory in African swine fever probe
Investigations target five labs within 20 km of the outbreak after genome sequencing linked the virus to strains used in experimental infections, with 13 cases found in wild boars.
- Spanish authorities are investigating the possibility that an African Swine Fever outbreak near Barcelona may have originated from a leak at a high-security research facility.
- Thirteen ASF cases have been identified in dead wild boars in the countryside outside Barcelona since late November.
- The specific strain of the virus found differs from the one currently circulating across other parts of the European Union and is similar to the Georgia 2007 virus frequently used in experimental infections in containment facilities.
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A search is under way in a laboratory at the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The authorities are looking to determine whether the African swine fever virus, already detected in 16 wild boar...
Lab Leak Suspected in Spanish Swine Fever Outbreak | Science-Environment
Spanish police searched a Barcelona laboratory amid suspicions that it may be linked to an African swine fever outbreak. The outbreak has been detected in wild boars and poses a threat to Spain's pork exports. The laboratory, Cresa, denies being the source.
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