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. 2018 Nov 29;16(11):e05494. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5494

Table 5.

Summary of maximum time to detect infectious ASFV (based on expert elicitation procedures)

Matrix Temperature range (°C) Maximum number of days to detect infectious virus Med (min–max) References
Unprocessed matrices
Aerosol Room (15–25) b Donaldson and Ferris (1976)
Blood Chilled (4–10) 525 (525–525a) Plowright and Parker (1967)
Collagen Chilled (4–10) 30 (30–30a) Wieringa‐Jelsma et al. (2011)
Room (15–25) 30 (30–30a) Wieringa‐Jelsma et al. (2011)
Faeces Chilled (4–10) 5 (5–5) Davies et al. (2015)
Room (15–25) 3 (1–5) Davies et al. (2015)
Organs (e.g. heart, kidneys, liver) Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–735) Sindryakova et al. (2016); Plowright and Parker (1967)
Room (15–25) 16 (16–16) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Skin‐fat Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–60) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Chilled (4–10) 0 (0–0) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Slurry Room (15–25) 25a (25–25)c Turner and Williams (1999)
Urine Chilled (4–10) 5 (5–5) Davies et al. (2015)
Room (15–25) 5 (1–5) Davies et al. (2015)
Processed matrices
Cooked cured meat (e.g. cooked ham) Chilled (4–10) 5 (2–5) McKercher et al. (1978)
Precooked products (e.g. corned meat d ) Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–60a) Sindryakova et al. 92016)
Chilled (4–10) 60 (60–60a) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Room (15–25) 16 (16–16) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Pre‐cooked products (e.g. canned stew meat) Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–60a) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Raw cured meat (e.g. raw ham) Frozen (−16 to 20) 183 (94–183) McKercher et al. (1987)
Combination of tempe 112 (56–112) Mebus et al. (1993)
No temperature specified 140 (112–140) Mebus et al. (1997)
Raw (dry) fermented sausages (e.g. salami) Chilled (4–10) 30 (30–30) McKercher et al. (1978)
Other matrices
Feed Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–60) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Chilled (4–10) 30 (30–30) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Room (15–25) 5 (5–5) Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Water Frozen (−16 to 20) 60 (60–60)a Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Chilled (4–10) 60 (60–60)a Sindryakova et al. (2016)
Room (15–25) 60 (60–60)a Sindryakova et al. (2016)
a

End of experiment.

b

Unclear method, time reported in range from 1 s to 5 min.

c

Time reported in hours.

d

Inoculated products.

e

Combination of different consequent temperature treatments, i.e. +60°C, −40°C and room temperature.