Journal article
Fibropapillomatosis in a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) from the Southeastern Pacific
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Vol.55(1), pp.169-173
2019
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.
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- Title
- Fibropapillomatosis in a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) from the Southeastern Pacific
- Authors/Creators
- Diana M. Cárdenas - Laboratorio para Investigaciones Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Polité cnica del Litoral, 090920, Guayaquil, Guayas, EcuadorRoberto V. Cucalón - Laboratorio para Investigaciones Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Polité cnica del Litoral, 090920, Guayaquil, Guayas, EcuadorLex G. Medina-Magües - Laboratorio para Investigaciones Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Escuela Superior Polité cnica del Litoral, 090920, Guayaquil, Guayas, EcuadorKarina JonesRubén A. AlemánAlonzo Alfaro-Núñez - Natural History Museum AarhusWashington B. Cárdenas
- Publication Details
- Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Vol.55(1), pp.169-173
- Publisher
- Wildlife Diseases Association
- Number of pages
- 5
- Identifiers
- 991005757833307891
- Copyright
- © Wildlife Disease Association 2019
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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