African Swine Fever kills hundreds of pigs in Tanzania

ProMEDMail reports that African Swine Fever, a febrile disease transmitted by ticks in Africa, has killed hundreds of pigs at two locations in Tanzania. The case fatality rate of this disease is close to 100%. In this case, 20% of susceptible animals died so far at these locations. The ProMEDMail commentary adds that these two locations are in different provinces which raises the question about their connection epidemiologically.