title: An elephantine viral problem.
abstract: This month's Genome Watch highlights how deep sequencing was used to generate the first full genomes of herpesviruses associated with a fatal disease in elephants.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D004606:Elephants / Q000821:virology*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology