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Wild boar alone could not have carried the African swine fever (ASF) virus as far and as fast as it spread in 2018 — but humans could, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications.
Study: Humans facilitated spread of ASF between wild boar and pigs
African swine fever spread rapidly in Romania in 2018 due to human movement of pigs and pork products, not just wild boar migration, new research says.