African swine fever whole-genome sequencing—Quantity wanted but quality needed

Jan H. Forth; Leonie F. Forth; Sandra Blome; Dirk Höper; Martin Beer

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008779

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African swine fever whole-genome sequencing—Quantity wanted but quality needed

Jan H. Forth,

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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Leonie F. Forth,

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-2515

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Sandra Blome,

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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Dirk Höper,

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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Martin Beer

* E-mail: martin.beer@fli.de

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5254

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African swine fever whole-genome sequencing—Quantity wanted but quality needed

Jan H. Forth,
Leonie F. Forth,
Sandra Blome,
Dirk Höper,
Martin Beer

Published: August 27, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008779

About the Authors

Jan H. Forth

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

Leonie F. Forth

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-2515

Sandra Blome

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

Dirk Höper

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

Martin Beer

* E-mail: martin.beer@fli.de

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5254

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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