Recent emergence of a novel porcine pestivirus: interference with classical swine fever diagnosis?

摘要

Dear Editor, One of the most important viral diseases of swine is classical swine fever (CSF), which causes tremendous losses in pig production worldwide and is, therefore, notifiable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In many countries worldwide, the CSF situation is monitored by PCR-based genome detection and serological screening to demonstrate the absence of the disease.