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Persistent Low-Level Infections of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus and Elephant Gammaherpesvirus Detected in Skin Nodules and Saliva from Wild and Zoo African Elephants
2024-11-17
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> This novel study detected persistent low-level infection of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesviruses (EEHV), that can cause highly pathogenic Elephant Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in Loxodonta and Elephas , and co-infection of presumed less pathogenic Elephant Gammaherpesviruses (EGHV), in skin nodule biopsies, saliva and tissues collected from 43 wild L. africana (savannah elephant) in Botswana,...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7fe8d4e6-0c9a-55d6-82d9-8e2fefd8aede
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.11.17.624021
