Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have been successful in isolating the first genome of the elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) that affects both managed and free ranging elephants. Although common in both Asian and African elephants, the virus is associated with a more fatal disease in Asian elephants.
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/04/18/baylor-johns-hopkins-researchers-sequence-entire-genome-of-deadly-elephant-herpes-virus-subspecies/
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