| Proboscivirus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Peploviricota |
| Class: | Herviviricetes |
| Order: | Herpesvirales |
| Family: | Orthoherpesviridae |
| Subfamily: | Betaherpesvirinae |
| Genus: | Proboscivirus |
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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.