“Not to minimize the severity of the pig virus, but African Swine Fever is caused by a virus that is completely unrelated to the Ebolavirus. Technically, Ebolavirus is a single stranded RNA filovirus, while the swine fever is a double stranded DNA asfarvirus. So it would be completely incorrect to call the swine virus “Ebola.””
pig ebola (African Swine Fever) is Reston virus (RESTV) and is one of five known viruses within the genus Ebolavirus. It was first seen in 1990 in Reston Virginia in a group of monkeys purchased for medical testing.
No, it is actually a completely different virus with a significantly different biology. I am very well aware of the Reston strain of Ebolavirus; this is a completely different thing. Many viruses cause hemorrhagic fevers, including measles virus. That doesn’t mean they are all Ebola.
Ebolavirus vs. African swine virus.
http://www.microbiologybook.org/mhunt/ebola.htm
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/5/103