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Abstract
Elephant populations are under intense pressure internationally from habitat destruction and poaching for ivory and meat. They also face pressure from infectious agents, including elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1 (EEHV1), which kills ~20% of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) born in zoos and causes disease in the wild. EEHV1 is one of at least six distinct EEHV in a phylogenetic lineage that appears to represent an ancient but newly recognized subfamily (the Deltaherpesvirinae) in the family Herpesviridae.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25231304 PMCID: PMC4248977 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02359-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103