Since the middle of August, a rare disease has killed five elephants in Odisha. The disease is caused by a virus called Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV).
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Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) is also known as Elephantid betaherpesvirus 1 (ElHV-1).
EEHVs is a type of herpesvirus that can cause a highly fatal haemorrhagic disease in young Asian elephants.
When EEHV is triggered, the elephant dies of massive internal bleeding and symptoms which are hardly visible. The disease is usually fatal, with a short course of 28-35 hours.
EEHV is lethal for young elephants between the ages of one and 12. If a young elephant dies before reproducing, it affects the population of the species as a whole in the concerned geography.
There is no true cure for herpesviruses in animals or in humans, because herpes viruses go latent.
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