摘要: An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has recently been reported in China.1 This first case ASF was on 1 August, 2018 Shenyang City, Liaoning province. Since then, three more outbreaks were officially announced ( VR , September 2018, vol 183, p 248) Zhengzhou City Henan province (14 2018), Lianyungang Jiangsu (15 and Leqing Zhejiang (17 2018) (Fig 1). Fig 1: Location official cases virus (ASFV) China. ![Graphic][1] cities with ASFV outbreaks, ![Graphic][2] the two where pigs imported from ![Graphic][3] confirmed pig shipments outbreaks. HLJ Heilongjiang province, JL Jilin LN HN JS ZJ province The Chinese government these World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) websites (Table 1). The Ministry Agriculture Rural Affairs … [1]: F1/embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: F1/embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: F1/embed/inline-graphic-3.gif