The paper investigates the pathology of African swine fever in naturally infected wild boar, finding that variant IV causes a protracted disease course with lower viral load but more chronic lesions.

bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2022 · PreprintPathology

CP204L Is a Multifunctional Protein of African Swine Fever Virus That Interacts with The VPS39 Subunit of HOPS Complex and Promotes Lysosome Clustering

K. M. Dolata, W. Fuchs, G. Caignard, J. Dupre, K. Pannhorst, S. Blome, T. C. Mettenleiter, A. Karger

This study identifies CP204L as an ASFV protein that interacts with VPS39, altering lysosome dynamics and promoting virus replication.

bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2022Microbiology

African swine fever virus-like integrated elements in a soft tick genome - an ancient virus vector arms race?

J. H. Forth, L. F. Forth, S. J. Lycett, L. Bell-Sakyi, G. M. Keil, S. Blome, S. Calvignac-Spencer, A. Wissgott, J. Krause, D. Hoeper, H. Kampen, M. Beer

The paper identifies ASFV-like integrated elements in soft tick genomes, suggesting an ancient co-evolutionary arms race between ticks and ASFV.

bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology