[Dynamics of changes in the composition of leukocyte population of peripheral blood during the African swine fever].

The comparison of the composition of leukocytes of peripheral blood of healthy and Infected swine revealed the quantitative alterations, as well as the appearance of new cells in leukocyte population during African swine fever. It was determined that African swine fever virus induced mass-scale mortality of cells of peripheral blood, especially lymphocytes and neutrophiles. The number of the dead cells reaches 60% of the initial number of all cells at the end of infection.

[Pathology of lymphoid tissue cells infected by African swine fever virus in vitro].

The authors studied the pathology of bone marrow (BM) lymphoid cell from pigs infected by African swine fever virus (ASFV) in vitro. Monocytes were shown to be primarily afflicted in unstimulated BM culture. These cells disappeared completely 72 hours after infection.