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ArticleScience advances2025

A synthetic genomics-based African swine fever virus engineering platform.

Walter Fuchs, Nacyra Assad-Garcia, Hussein M Abkallo, Yong Xue, Lauren M Oldfield, Nadia Fedorova, Alexandra Hübner, Tonny Kabuuka, Katrin Pannhorst, Dirk Höper and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Walter FuchsInstitute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7670-451X
Nacyra Assad-GarciaJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-2272
Hussein M AbkalloInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-5594-4418
Yong XueJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9091-3772
Lauren M OldfieldJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0796-2192
Nadia FedorovaJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4654-6949
Alexandra HübnerInstitute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Tonny KabuukaInstitute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Katrin PannhorstInstitute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9753-2593
Dirk HöperInstitute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8408-2274
Vishvanath NeneInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Norberto Gonzalez-JuarbeJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2481-698X
Lucilla SteinaaInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Sanjay VasheeJ. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6374-438X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African swine fever (ASF) is a deadly viral disease in domestic pigs that has a large global economic impact for the swine industry. It is present in Africa, Europe, Asia, and in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. There are no effective treatments or broadly licensed vaccines to prevent disease. Efforts to counteract ASF have been hampered because of the lack of convenient tools to engineer its etiological agent, ASF virus (ASFV), largely due to its large noninfectious genome. Here, we report the use of synthetic genomics methodology to develop a reverse genetics system for ASFV using a CRISPR-Cas9-inhibited self-helper virus to reconstitute live recombinant ASFV from synthetic genomes to rapidly generate a variety of combinatorial mutants of ASFV. The method will substantially facilitate the development of therapeutics or subunit and live-attenuated vaccines for ASF. This synthetic genomics-based approach has wide-ranging impact because it can be applied to rapidly develop reverse genetics tools for emerging viruses with noninfectious genomes.

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African Swine FeverAfrican Swine Fever VirusGenetic EngineeringGenome, ViralGenomicsAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsSwineViral VaccinesViral Vaccines

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PMID40138431
PMCPMC11939070

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