Cas9, scientists reconstitute live African swine fever virus from synthetic genomes, accelerating vaccine development for ...

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Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock ...

The innovation also has the potential to detect other diseases in livestock, in addition to detecting up to 200 types of cancers ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday reported that cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the Philippines decreased from 66 in late February to 39 as of March 14. The 39 cases are spread ...

AFRICAN swine fever (ASF) is an acute, contagious and highly lethal disease of domestic pigs; it is usually acquired in Africa by association with wild swine, especially warthogs, which are ...

H1N1 (swine flu) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which tends to have severe symptoms. During the 2009-10 flu season, a new H1N1 virus strain has been triggering infections. Patients complain ...

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Disease is rampant, and children as young as ... Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported on African affairs for more than three decades from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as “very low”. The is an illness which is caused by the Lassa Virus. The virus, which is rat ...

Britain was today rocked by fresh Lassa fever fears after ... with the Ebola-like disease at the end of February. But it was only after they returned to the West African nation that they ...

The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the resilience of Canada's rural communities and the Canadian pork sector by supporting prevention efforts and preparing to respond in the event of ...