Benjamin Ray Blair

Abstract Although the sylvatic cycle is central to African swine fever virus (ASFV) maintenance in sub-Saharan Africa, its contribution to viral genetic diversification, antigenic heterogeneity, and recombination remains poorly characterized. We investigated ASFV diversity in Zambia by analyzing soft ticks collected from Mosi-oa-Tunya, South Luangwa and Kafue National Parks, together with tissues and blood from warthogs and archived domestic pig isolates.

Benjamin Blair · Follow 4 min read · -- It was time. Time to go back and visit the UK after too much time away. It’d been five years, and the pressure to return home was mounting. My brother has had two daughters, and moved in with his partner, my other brother had run off to Italy and would be returning in the summer to visit, my dad was eager for me to see him, and my nana, my last surviving grandparent, was getting to an age where every year counts.

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