Proboscivirus information

Proboscivirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Peploviricota
Class:	Herviviricetes
Order:	Herpesvirales
Family:	Orthoherpesviridae
Subfamily:	Betaherpesvirinae
Genus:	Proboscivirus
Species
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Proboscivirus is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae, in the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae. Elephants serve as natural hosts.^[1] EEHV1 is apathogenic for African elephants but causes fatal haemorrhagic disease in Asian elephants.^[2]^[3] The name "Proboscivirus" comes from the Greek word προβοσκίς or "proboscis" meaning "the elephant trunk," for which the virus accordingly uses as its means of contraction and transmission (secretions or openings of the trunk) to enter the elephant's body.

^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
^ ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[2020a-1] "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[ViralZone-2] "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[ICTV-3] ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2014 Release". Retrieved 15 June 2015.

Proboscivirus information

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Proboscivirus

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Herpesviridae

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Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus

Human alphaherpesvirus 1

Human herpesvirus 6

Herpes simplex virus

Feline viral rhinotracheitis

B virus

Human alphaherpesvirus 2

Human betaherpesvirus 5

Turtle fibropapillomatosis

Pseudorabies

Betaherpesvirinae

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Duck plague

List of virus species

Human betaherpesvirus 7

Bovine alphaherpesvirus 1

Equid alphaherpesvirus 1

Canid alphaherpesvirus 1

Columbid alphaherpesvirus 1

Simplexvirus

Alphaherpesvirinae

Elephantid betaherpesvirus 4