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Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) or Elephantid betaherpesvirus 1 (ElHV-1) is a type of herpesvirus, which can cause a highly fatal hemorrhagic disease when transmitted to young Asian elephants. In African elephants, related forms of these viruses, which have been identified in wild populations, are generally benign, occasionally ...
The African elephants may have died from a very rare disease linked to haemorrhagic septicaemia (AFP) The study cites that Bisgaard taxon 45 has in the past been linked to bite wounds on humans ...
There are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. The World Wildlife Foundation said that, in 2016, experts estimated their population had fallen by 111,000 over the course of a ...
The cause of mass deaths of African elephants has been unraveled, and scientists say the outbreaks could be more likely to occur amid the climate crisis, according to a new study.
Elephants serve as natural hosts. [1] EEHV1 is apathogenic for African elephants but causes fatal haemorrhagic disease in Asian elephants . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name " Proboscivirus " comes from the Greek word προβοσκίς or " proboscis " meaning "the elephant trunk ," for which the virus accordingly uses as its means of contraction and ...
Floppy trunk syndrome (abbreviated FTS, also known as flaccid trunk paralysis) is a condition that causes trunk paralysis in African bush elephants. Initially observed in 1989, the syndrome primarily affected bull elephants in several select regions in Zimbabwe. Afflicted elephants exhibit paralysis in their trunk, often having to adapt to feed.
There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world (African bush and African forest combined), but there are only approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left.
In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.