The Index Elephant
In this storybook, young students track a mysterious illness that is killing baby Asian elephants. They learn how doctors and scientists identified the pathogen, found a treatment, and are working to make a vaccine.
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How can we protect ourselves and animals from infectious diseases? Students explore the U.S. polio epidemic, different diseases and vaccinations used to fight them, the concept of herd immunity, EEHV that can kill baby Asian elephants, and the link between climate change and disease. (8 activities)
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Saving Baby Elephants from a Lethal Virus
Slide Set
Paul D. Ling, Ph.D., a microbiologist at Baylor College of Medicine, is a leading global expert on elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV). This classroom slide set may be used with the video and classroom activities.
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Saving Baby Elephants from a Lethal Virus (EEHV)
Video
Paul D. Ling, Ph.D., a microbiologist at Baylor College of Medicine, is a leading global expert on elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a disease that is killing baby Asian elephants. Join him as he discusses the virus, key discoveries, and a treatment protocol, developed by his research team, that keeps the elephants alive.
Complete genome sequenced of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus 4
Funded by the following grant(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Development of the Science of Infectious Diseases teaching materials and video resources was supported in part by funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, grant numbers R25AI084826 and 4R25AI097453.