Zoo Biology 19:383-392 (2000) Review of a Newly Recognized Disease of Elephants Caused by Endotheliotropic

There are two newly recognized herpesviruses that cause a fatal disease syn-drome in elephants. They are known as the elephant endotheliotropic herpesvi-ruses, of which one is fatal for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and the other for African elephants (Loxodonta africana) [Richman et al.. Science 283:1171-1176, 1999a]. The disease syndrome affects predominantly young elephants and has been described in North America [Richman et al., J Wildl Dis 36:1-12, 2000], Europe [Richman et al., Verhandlangsbericht des 39 International Symposium üben Erkrankungen der Zoo und Wildtiere, Wien, 39:17-21, 1999b; Ossent e