Fatal herpesvirus hemorrhagic disease in wild and orphan Asian elephants in Southern India

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-393

  Zachariah, Arun ^a   Zong, Jian Chao ^b   Long, Simon Y ^b   Latimer, Erin M ^c   Heaggans, Sarah Y ^b   Richman, Laura K ^c   Hayward, Gary S ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF KERALA   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; EEHV1A; EEHV1B; Elephas maximus; Orphans; Proboscivirus; Wild

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; INDIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

DNA VIRUSES; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84876054030     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-07-193     Document Type: Article

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