US EditionSpain Not Ruling Out Lab Leak as Cause of Swine Fever Outbreak
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On Friday, the Spanish government assured "not to exclude" the possibility of an accidental leak from a laboratory as the origin of the outbreak of African swine fever (APF) discovered in Catalonia at the end of November, a first on national soil since 1994.Innocent for humans, African swine fever (APF) is a viral haemorrhagic disease whose mortality rate is close to 100% for pigs and wild boars. Since 28 November, 13 cases of this disease have …
New research route to determine the origin of the viral outbreak of African swine fever detected in the wild boars of Collserola Park, in the province of Barcelona. In addition to the hypothesis of food contamination as the initial cause of PPA in Catalonia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced this Friday that it will investigate whether the virus has left a laboratory. The movement comes after receiving a report communicat…
A report from the Animal Health Centre warns that the virus strain does not match those circulating in the EU and is often used in experimental facilities for vaccines and other studies
The Ministry of Agriculture investigates whether the African swine fever virus (APP) came out of a laboratory, as the strains circulating in other European countries do not belong to...
The crisis of swine fever has taken a turn in recent hours with the announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture that it investigates whether the outbreak of African swine fever that has spread to several feral pigs in Collserola could have left a laboratory. This decision has already had the first consequence in Catalonia: the PP has asked to appear in the Parliament of Josep Usall, the general direct of the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Alim…
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