Re-emergence of genotype I of African swine fever virus in Ivory Coast.

In July 2014, an outbreak of severe haemorrhagic disease in a domestic pig population, was reported in San-Pedro, the second seaport city of Ivory Coast. Animals of all age groups developed clinical signs consistent with African swine fever (ASF). Tissue and serum samples from dead pigs were sent to the laboratory for diagnostic confirmation and molecular characterization based on the partial B646L (p72), the full E183L (p54) gene and the central variable region of the B602L gene.