The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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ASV 2019
European Congress of Virology 2019
ASM Clinical Virology Symposium
Intel ISEF judges needed
ASV in Poland does not let go (Ag Buiten )
Alarming ASF outbreak (Science)
African swine fever (Euro Comm)
African swine fever review (Vet J)
ASF in wild boar (EFSA J)
ASF in Belgian wild boar (Dept Env Food Rural Aff)
Handbook on ASF in wild boar (Stand Grp Experts)
Feral hogs (VA DGIF)
Nonhuman morbillivirus with zoonotic potential (J Virol)
Letters read on TWiV 532
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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