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Ministry report rules out Irta-CReSA as the source of African Swine Fever outbreak

The analysis by the scientific committee appointed by the Spanish government confirms the previous stance of the Catalan Biomedical Research Institute.

Generic image of a high-security laboratory with a scientist handling samples related to animal health.
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Generic image of a high-security laboratory with a scientist handling samples related to animal health.

The scientific committee appointed by the Spanish Government concluded that it is premature to determine the origin of the African Swine Fever outbreak detected in Catalonia in late November, but rules out Irta-CReSA.

The document prepared by the scientific committee, tasked with clarifying the origin of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus, states that while they cannot yet pronounce on the source, Irta-CReSA is not the starting point. This institution had been under scrutiny due to the possibility that the virus might have escaped from its experimental facilities.
The report emphasizes that the results obtained through various complementary analytical strategies, carried out by independent bodies, showed a 'lack of genetic coincidence' between the Spanish virus isolate and the strains used in the laboratory's experimental activities. This lack of coincidence was verified both at the level of partial markers and full genome sequencing.
These conclusions reinforce the previous position of the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB), which had already published its own report on December 30. The IRB report, commissioned by the Catalan Government, also ruled out that the genomic sequencing of the outbreak matched the samples handled by Irta-CReSA.

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