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Contact between soft tick vectors of African swine fever virus and invasive wild pigs in the southeastern USA

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Wisely et al. (2025) studied the contact between invasive wild pigs and soft ticks in Florida. They concluded "In Florida, contact between invasive wild pigs, a potential reservoir for ASFV, and O. t. americanus, a competent vector, was measurable and occurred throughout the distribution of the vector. Florida is at risk not only for ASFV emergence but establishment of this pathogen in a sylvatic cycle. In addition to managing invasive wild pigs, future ASFV response planning needs to include plans for surveying and managing vector populations should an outbreak occur."