PRRS hit America at the time that African Swine Fever was expected to break out. Why didn't ASFV break out in the United States in the late 70s and early 80s? Maybe it did. Did scientists either intentionally or unintentionally rename ASFV, calling it PRRS?
Is the inability to control PRRS due to the fact that it really is a new form of ASFV which is causing all kinds of opportunistic infections in pigs?
Is what is thought to be the PRRS virus just an opportunistic problem of an underlying infection by a new strain of African Swine Fever virus?
And is it possible that all of this confusion (deliberate or inadvertent) has affected human health?
Is testing for new strains of African Swine Fever Virus a total diagnostic mess?
Is it safer for countries with ASFV outbreaks to not test for ASFV in pigs (or people) and pretend that they did?
PRRSV in Europe: where did it come from?
https://www.pig333.com/prrs/prrsv-in-europe-where-did-it-come-from_9894/
