Fibropapillomatosis in a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from the southeastern Pacific
Cárdenas, Diana M., Cucalón, Roberto V., Medina-Magües, Lex G., Jones, Karina, Aleman, Rubén A., Alfaro-Núñez, Alonzo, and Cárdenas, Washington B. (2019) Fibropapillomatosis in a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) from the southeastern Pacific. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55 (1). pp. 169-173.
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Abstract
Fibropapillomatosis is a neoplastic disease that afflicts sea turtles. Although it is disseminated worldwide, cases of the disease have not been reported in the southeastern Pacific region. We describe a case of fibropapillomatosis in a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) during its rehabilitation at the Machalilla National Park Rehabilitation Center, Ecuador. Viral presence was confirmed by PCR, targeting fragments of the chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) unique long (UL) genes, UL27, UL28, and UL30. The amplicons were sequenced and included in a global phylogenetic analysis of the virus with other reported sequences from GenBank. Results showed that the available viral sequences segregated into five phylogeographic groups: western Atlantic and eastern Caribbean, central Pacific, western Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Pacific groups. The concatenated ChHV5 sequences from Ecuador clustered with the eastern Pacific sequences.
| Item ID: | 61354 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1943-3700 |
| Keywords: | Chelonia mydas, chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5, Ecuador, fibropapillomatosis, phylogenetics, sea turtles, southeastern Pacific |
| Copyright Information: | © Wildlife Disease Association 2019. |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2020 23:06 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3107 Microbiology > 310706 Virology @ 33% 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410407 Wildlife and habitat management @ 33% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310902 Animal cell and molecular biology @ 34% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9604 Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species > 960407 Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Marine Environments @ 70% 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960808 Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 20% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 10% |
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