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Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephant Immune System

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Elephant immunology is an emerging field of study. While we still have much to learn about how the elephant immune system differs from the immune systems of other animals and what advantages or disadvantages these differences may provide, our knowledge of the elephant immune system continues to increase as we work to understand disease mechanisms that threaten these incredible animals. Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) remains one of the most serious threats to the health and survival of Asian elephants. Immune responses to this virus in elephants are under active investigation in an attempt to understand why some elephants are able to recover, while others rapidly die of progressive disease. The elephant immune responses to EEHV, and other infections in elephants, are a focus of this chapter, which reviews our current understanding of elephant immunology and points to gaps in our knowledge.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Lisa M. Abegglen

  2. Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Angela Fuery & Paul D. Ling

  3. Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation, Polk City, FL, USA

    Wendy K. Kiso & Dennis L. Schmitt

  4. Departments of Pediatrics and Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Joshua D. Schiffman

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Abegglen, L.M., Fuery, A., Kiso, W.K., Schmitt, D.L., Ling, P.D., Schiffman, J.D. (2018). Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephant Immune System. In: Cooper, E. (eds) Advances in Comparative Immunology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0_24

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