Human infections with African Swine Fever may be the biggest threat to public health these days. ASFV is spreading in China, Eastern Europe, and Korea. It is on the border between Poland and Germany. Will Germany lead the way in exploring the threat of African Swine Fever to human health?
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Russian Scientist: ASF could become a human health risk
"The African swine fever (ASF) virus, may in the future become
dangerous for humans, according to the head of the Russian Epidemiology
Service, Chief State Sanitary Doctor Gennady Onishchenko, at the
press-conference in St. Petersburg. According to him almost all viruses
from time to time go through mutation processes which can give them some
additional functions."
