Detection and evaluation of novel herpesviruses in routine and pathological samples from Asian and African elephants: Identification of two new probosciviruses (EEHV5 and EEHV6) and two new gammaherpesviruses (EGHV3B and EGHV5)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 28-41

  Latimer, Erin ^a   Zong, Jian Chao ^b   Heaggans, Sarah Y ^b   Richman, Laura K ^a   Hayward, Gary S ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma herpesviruses; Hemorrhagic disease; Mixed infections; Probosciviruses; Viral load

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HERPESVIRUS 1; ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HERPESVIRUS 5; ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HERPESVIRUS 6; ELEPHANT GAMMAHERPESVIRUS 3B; ELEPHANT GAMMAHERPESVIRUS 5; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPES VIRUS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

ANIMALIA; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 78649501197     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.042     Document Type: Article

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