| first fatality associated with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 5 in an asian elephant: pathological findings and complete viral genome sequence. | infections of asian elephants (elephas maximus) with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (eehv) can cause a rapid, highly lethal, hemorrhagic disease, which primarily affects juvenile animals up to the age of four years. so far, the majority of deaths have been attributed to infections with genotype eehv1 or, more rarely, eehv3 and eehv4. here, we report the pathological characteristics of the first fatality linked to eehv5 infection, and describe the complete viral dna sequence. gross post-mo ... | 2014 | 25199796 |
| elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 5, a newly recognized elephant herpesvirus associated with clinical and subclinical infections in captive asian elephants (elephas maximus). | elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (eehvs) can cause acute hemorrhagic disease with high mortality rates in asian elephants (elephas maximus). recently, a new eehv type known as eehv5 has been described, but its prevalence and clinical significance remain unknown. in this report, an outbreak of eehv5 infection in a herd of captive asian elephants in a zoo was characterized. in february 2011, a 42-yr-old wild-born female asian elephant presented with bilaterally swollen temporal glands, oral ... | 2013 | 23505714 |