title: Trunkloads of viruses.
abstract: Elephant populations are under intense pressure internationally from habitat destruction and poaching for ivory and meat. They also face pressure from infectious agents, including elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1 (EEHV1), which kills ~20% of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) born in zoos and causes disease in the wild. EEHV1 is one of at least six distinct EEHV in a phylogenetic lineage that appears to represent an ancient but newly recognized subfamily (the Deltaherpesvirinae) in the family Herpesviridae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA ppellett@med.wayne.edu.
authors.forename: Philip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Pellett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018141:Betaherpesvirinae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood / Q000821:virology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary*