Date:
October 8, 2014
Source:
American Society for Microbiology
Summary:
After the death of a young elephant in a zoo, researchers published their results identifying a novel herpesvirus, EEHV1 as the cause. They now show that severe cases like this one are caused by viruses that normally infect the species, rather than by viruses that have jumped from African elephants, which was their original hypothesis.
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