Subclinical infection of a young captive Asian elephant with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1

Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs) are a continuous threat for young Asian elephants. We report a laboratory-confirmed infection of a 5-year-old female Asian elephant (AZ_2016) in the Berlin Zoologischer Garten. Initially, high EEHV-1 loads were detected in trunk swabs obtained from the...

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Published in:	Archives of virology Vol. 163; no. 2; pp. 495 - 500
Main Authors:	Azab, Walid, Damiani, Armando Mario, Ochs, Andreas, Osterrieder, Nikolaus
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vienna Springer Vienna 01-02-2018 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Brief Report Elephants Infections Infectious Diseases Medical Microbiology Subclinical infection Virology Asian elephants EEHV-1 Zoo
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