Endotheliotropic Elephant Herpes Virus (EEHV) infection. The first PCR-confirmed fatal case in Asia

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Reid, C E ^a   Hildebrandt, T B ^a   Marx, N ^b   Hunt, M ^b   Thy, N ^b   Reynes, J M ^c   Schaftenaar, W ^d   Fickel, J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b WildAid ^*  (United States)

^c Unité d'Épidémiologie Moléculaire du Paludisme Institut Pasteur du Cambodge   (United States)

^d Rotterdam Zoo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Elephant diseases; Endotheliotropic Elephant Herpes Virus (EEHV); First report; Herpes virus infections; Infections; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral diseases

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ELEPHANT; ENDOTHELIOTROPIC ELEPHANT HERPES VIRUS; ENDOTHELIOTROPIC ELEPHANT HERPES VIRUS 1; ENDOTHELIOTROPIC ELEPHANT HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CAMBODIA; DNA, VIRAL; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ELEPHANTIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 33745463162     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2006.9695209     Document Type: Article

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