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The first instance of the fatal form of the disease was documented in 1990, although tissue samples from the 1980s have since tested positive for the virus, and localized skin lesions in wild African elephants were recorded as far back as the 1970s. Since 1995, there have been over fifty recorded cases of the disease in North America and Europe, with only nine of them successfully cured. The majority of affected individuals are young elephants born in captivity, although a small number of older wild-born adults in zoos have also succumbed to the disease. Additionally, cases caused by the same pathogenic type of EEHV have been identified in both orphaned and wild calves in Asian elephant populations. | The first instance of the fatal form of the disease was documented in 1990, although tissue samples from the 1980s have since tested positive for the virus, and localized skin lesions in wild African elephants were recorded as far back as the 1970s. Since 1995, there have been over fifty recorded cases of the disease in North America and Europe, with only nine of them successfully cured. The majority of affected individuals are young elephants born in captivity, although a small number of older wild-born adults in zoos have also succumbed to the disease. Additionally, cases caused by the same pathogenic type of EEHV have been identified in both orphaned and wild calves in Asian elephant populations. | ||
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== See also == | |||
* [[List of captive elephants]] | |||
[[Category:Elephants]] | [[Category:Elephants]] | ||