Investigating the prevalence of influenza A virus and other RNA viruses in saliva samples of backyard swine in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa

The goal of this study was to explore swine oral RNA virome on the South African backyard swine farms located in uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal province. Selected saliva samples obtained from the swine on three distantly located backyard swine farms were processed for the metagenomic analysis to determine the swine oral RNA virome.