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Table 1 Age, sex, and clinical status of elephants in the study cohort of European zoos

From: A novel antigen capture ELISA for the specific detection of IgG antibodies to elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus

Zoo

Animal

Sex

Born

Status

Age

Serostatus

Sample #

Period

PCR detection

Detection site

Clinical signs

Remark

1

A

F

captive

alive

44

pos

>50

2002–2014

EEHV1B - 2007/2008

O/V

subclinical

ref [17]

1

A1

F

captive

alive

14

pos

>50

2002–2014

EEHV1B - 2007

O

subclinical

ref [17]

1

C

F

wild

alive

28

border

>50

2002–2012

EEHV1B - 2008

O

subclinical

ref [17]

1

D

F

captive

alive

12

ND

>50

2013–2014

EEHV1B - 2008

O

subclinical

ref [17]

1

E

M

captive

alive

17

pos

2

2013–2014

EEHV1 - 2014

TW/C

subclinical

 

2

A

M

captive

alive

23

ND

>50

2006–2013

not detected

   

2

B

F

wild

alive

31

border

>50

2006–2013

EEHV5 -2011

TW

subclinical

 

2

B1

M

captive

alive

10

pos

40–50

2006–2011

EEHV1A - 2008/2011

WB

subclinical

 

2

B2

M

captive

dead

1

pos

3

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2009

necropsy

fatality

 

2

B3

M

captive

alive

3

pos

8

2012–2013

EEHV1 - 2013

WB

clinically ill 2013

 

2

C

F

wild

alive

33

ND

40–50

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2011

TW

subclinical

negative study control

2

D

F

wild

alive

33

border

40–50

2006–2013

not detected

nd

healthy

 

2

E

F

captive

alive

32

pos

>50

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2011

TW

subclinical

 

2

E1

F

captive

dead

2

pos

3

2006

EEHV1B - 2006

necropsy

fatality

ref [14]

2

E2

F

captive

dead

2

pos

3

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2009

necropsy

fatality

 

2

E3

F

captive

alive

5

pos

>50

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2011

TW

subclinical

 

2

F

F

captive

alive

16

ND

>50

2006–2013

EEHV1A - 2011

U/V

subclinical

 

2

F1

M

captive

alive

5

pos

20

2011–2013

EEHV1A - 2011

TW

subclinical

 

3

A

F

captive

alive

19

ND

40–50

2007–2012

not available

   

3

B

F

wild

alive

30

pos

40–50

2006–2012

not available

   

3

C

F

wild

alive

30

border

20

2012

not available

   

3

C1

F

captive

alive

16

border

20

2012

not available

   

4

A

M

captive

alive

9

pos

2

2007–2014

not done

  

positive study control

5

A

F

wild

alive

29

pos

1

2002

not done

  

positive study control

  1. Zoos are numbered, elephants are indicated with a letter and subsequent numbers describe maternal offspring
  2. ND, not detectable
  3. TW, trunk wash
  4. C, conjunctiva
  5. U, urine
  6. O, oral lesion
  7. WB, whole blood
  8. V, vulva