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Table 1 Replication of the African swine fever virus strain (VNUA/HY/Vietnam) in infected pigs

From: Pathogenicity of an African swine fever virus strain isolated in Vietnam and alternative diagnostic specimens for early detection of viral infection

Viral load

Virus titer (copy numbers of the viral p72 gene) in tissues of dead pigs (n = 10)

Liver

Spleen

Lymph node

Tonsil

Heart

Lung

Kidney

Colon

Ear tissue

Inguinal

Mesenteric

Submandibular

Mean ± SD

1.5 × 106 ± 2.4 × 106

6.5 × 105 ± 4.1 × 105

2.9 × 105 ± 2.8 × 105

2.9 × 105 ± 1.9 × 105

2.8 × 105 ±

1.5 × 105

2.2 × 105 ± 2.1 × 105

9.9 × 104 ± 1.6 × 105

2.9 × 105 ± 2.0 × 105

6.3 × 104 ± 7.0 × 104

1.6 × 105 ± 3.0 × 105

2.5 × 105 ± 3.3 × 105

Highest

7.8 × 106

1.4 × 106

1.1 × 106

6.5 × 105

5.2 × 105

6.8 × 105

5.6 × 105

6.4 × 105

2.6 × 105

1.0 × 106

1.2 × 106

Lowest

4.2 × 104

1.1 × 103

4.8 × 104

8.3 × 104

1.1 × 104

1.9 × 104

1.1 × 104

8.2 × 104

1.9 × 104

2.0 × 104

1.7 × 104