African Swine fever virus

[Martin Hewlett]

fzestabr at bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Elizabeth Estabrook) wrote:
>
> Hello
> 
> Has ASFV been clasified into a family and if so which one?
> 
> Elizabeth
> emestabrook at ucdavis.edu

According to my references, it is listed as a possible
poxvirus, although it has characteristics (replication and
morphology) that are like the iridoviruses.

Martin Hewlett
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona