Rapid emergence of African swine fever virus variants with different numbers of a tandem repeat sequence in South Korea
Running Title: African swine fever virus variants in South Korea
Seon-Hee Kim1 , Song-I Lee1 , Hyun-Gi Jeong2, Jongchan Yoo3, Hye-Sung Jeong1, Yongjun Choi1, Kidong Son1, Weon-Hwa Jheong1*
These authors contributed equally to this article.
1Biosafety Research Team, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, South Korea
2Nakdong River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Daegu, South Korea
3Nakdong River Basin Environment Office, Ministry of Environment, Changwon, South Korea
*Corresponding author
Address for correspondence: Weon-Hwa Jheong, Biosafety Research Team, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, 22689, Incheon, South Korea. Email:purify@korea.kr: Tel: +82-32-560-7140, Fax: +82-32-568-2036