African Swine fever virus

[Clifford Bond]

According to Fields and Knipe, Fundamental Virology, Second Edition, 
African swine fever virus is classified into an unnamed family, but the 
family is grouped with the Iridoviridae.  

Cheers,
Cliff Bond

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On 18 Jan 1995, Elizabeth Estabrook wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Has ASFV been clasified into a family and if so which one?
> 
> Elizabeth
> emestabrook at ucdavis.edu
> 
>