Molecular characterisation and genetic variation of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus infection in captive young Asian elephants in Thailand

• Main Authors: Supaphen Sripiboon, Bethany Jackson, William Ditcham, Carly Holyoake, Ian Robertson, Chatchote Thitaram, Pallop Tankaew, Preeda Letwatcharasarakul, Kristin Warren
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84981287517&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/54967
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) is emerging as a new threat for elephant conservation, since being identified as the cause of severe, often fatal, haemorrhagic disease in young Asian elephants. To describe positive cases and the molecular relatedness of virus detect...