Introduction of African Swine Fever into the European Union through Illegal Importation of Pork and Pork Products

Solenne Costard; Bryony Anne Jones; Beatriz Martínez-López; Lina Mur; Ana de la Torre; Marta Martínez; Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno; Jose-Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno; Dirk Udo Pfeiffer; Barbara Wieland

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061104

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Introduction of African Swine Fever into the European Union through Illegal Importation of Pork and Pork Products

Solenne Costard ,

* E-mail: scostard@epixanalytics.com

Current address: EpiX Analytics, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Bryony Anne Jones,

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Beatriz Martínez-López,

Affiliations VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain
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Lina Mur,

Affiliation VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Ana de la Torre,

Affiliation Animal Health Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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Marta Martínez,

Affiliations VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Animal Health Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno,

Affiliation VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Jose-Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno,

Affiliation VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Dirk Udo Pfeiffer,

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Barbara Wieland

Affiliations Veterinary Epidemiology & Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Introduction of African Swine Fever into the European Union through Illegal Importation of Pork and Pork Products

Solenne Costard,
Bryony Anne Jones,
Beatriz Martínez-López,
Lina Mur,
Ana de la Torre,
Marta Martínez,
Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno,
Jose-Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno,
Dirk Udo Pfeiffer,
Barbara Wieland

Published: April 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061104

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