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Global distribution of Chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus among clinically healthy sea turtles.
BMC evolutionary biology - 25 Oct 2014
Alfaro-Núñez Alonzo, Frost Bertelsen Mads, Bojesen Anders Miki, Rasmussen Isabel, Zepeda-Mendoza Lisandra, Tange Olsen Morten, Gilbert Marcus Thomas Pius
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BACKGROUND: Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a neoplastic disease characterized by cutaneous tumours that has been documented to infect all sea turtle species. Chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus (CFPHV) is believed to be the aetiological agent of FP, based principally on consistent PCR-based detection of herpesvirus DNA sequences from FP tumours. We used a recently described PCR-based assay that targets 3...
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