The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode * Please take the TWiV listener survey * ASV 2019 * European Congress of Virology 2019 * ASM Clinical Virology Symposium * Intel ISEF judges needed * ASV in Poland does not let go (Ag Buiten ) * Alarming ASF outbreak (Science) * African swine fever (Euro Comm) * African swine fever review (Vet J) * ASF in wild boar (EFSA J) * ASF in Belgian wild boar (Dept Env Food Rural Aff) * Handbook on ASF in wild boar (Stand Grp Experts) * Feral hogs (VA DGIF) * Nonhuman morbillivirus with zoonotic potential (J Virol) * Letters read on TWiV 532 * Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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