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Identification of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) in endangered green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) with fibropapillomatosis in Asia

2017-06-20

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Fibropapillomatosis (FP), a debilitating tumor disease of sea turtles, was first identified in green turtles [Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)] in Florida in 1938. In recent decades, FP has been observed globally and is an emerging panzootic disease in sea turtles. However, few reports of FP in Asia exist. Here, we provide the first evidence of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) DNA associated with FP in endangered gre...

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b44483f8-17bf-592a-a145-cdd6dce69ab7
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10.5343/bms.2017.1018
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