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. 2003 Sep;41(9):4431–4434. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4431-4434.2003

TABLE 1.

Viruses used to test the specificity of the ASFV PCR assay

Virus Virus
ASFV
    West Indies and South American strainsa,b
        Brazil 78
        Haiti 78
        Dominican Republic 79
    European strainsa,b
        Spain 70
        Spain 75
        Spain 94
        Italy Ca78/1
        Italy Nu 84WB
        Italy Nu 90/1
        Italy Nu 95/2
        Italy Nu 98
        Lisbon 57
        Lisbon 60
        Malta 78
    African strainsa
        Uganda 64
        Mozambique 64
        Katanga 67
        Angola 72
        Cape Verde Islands 97
        Cape Verde Islands 98
        Ivory Coast 99
        Nigeria 2001
Classical swine fever virus strainsa,c
    Subgroup 1.1
        Alfort 187
        Eystrup
    Subgroup 1.2
        Brescia
    Subgroup 2.1
        Spain 97
        V1240/97 Germany
    Subgroup 2.2
        Parma 98
    Subgroup 2.3
        2699/Osterode 82
        Switzerland IV/93
        1189/1 Belgium
        VI3837/38 Germany 99
        Spain 2001
        Barcelona 2001
        Visbek/Han 95
    Disparate strains
        Kanagawa 74
Bovine viral diarrhea virus strainsa,c,d
    Type 1
        Sanders
        NADL
        Oregon
    Type II
        61/138, Low Saxony, Germany
        61/120, Low Saxony, Germany
Border disease virus strainsc,e,f
    X818
    Moredun
    Fritjers
    137/4
Foot-and-mouth disease virus strainsa
    Serotype A
        A22 Iraq (IRQ24/64)
    Serotype O
        O1-Manisa/Turkey 69
    Serotype C
        C1-Noville Switzerland/65
    Reference strains of the serotypes:
        Sat 1
        Sat 2
        Sat 3
        Asia 1
Vesicular stomatitis virus serotypesa
        Indiana
        New Jersey
Swine vesicular disease virusa
    Reference strain UK-72
Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome strainsa
    European
        5710
    American
        VR2332
Aujeszky disease virusa
    Phylaxia reference strain
a

ASF international reference laboratory (OIE, European Union), Department of Exotic Diseases, Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain.

b

Istituto Zooprofilacttico della Sardegna, Sardegna, Italy.

c

Classical swine fever virus European reference laboratory, Institute of Virology, Hannover, Germany.

d

Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom.

e

Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, Australia.

f

Institute for Animal Science and Health-Lelystad, Lelystad, The Netherlands.