Publications by authors named "Adriane Prahl"
Article Synopsis
- EEHV, particularly EEHV1 and EEHV5, causes severe hemorrhagic disease in captive juvenile Asian elephants, with EEHV5 recently linked to fatal cases.
- A four-year-old Asian elephant in Germany died from an EEHV5 infection, with extensive testing revealing the virus in all tissues and significant genomic variations compared to existing EEHV5 sequences.
- The study highlights the need for increased awareness of EEHV5 as a key elephant threat, promoting research on its genetic diversity and potential strategies for diagnosis and disease control.
Fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Infection of Two Young Asian Elephants.
Microorganisms
September 2019
Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) can cause a devastating haemorrhagic disease in young Asian elephants worldwide. Here, we report the death of two young Asian elephants after suffering from acute haemorrhagic disease due to EEHV-1A infection. We detected widespread distribution of EEHV-1A in various organs and tissues of the infected elephants.
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