Chelonid alphaherpesviruses 5 and 6 (ChHV5 and ChHV6) are viruses that affect wild sea turtle populations. ChHV5 is associated with the neoplastic disease fibropapillomatosis (FP), which affects green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in panzootic proportions. ChHV6 infection is associated with ...
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Perrault, J. R.; Levin, M.; Mott, C. R.; Bovery, C. M.; Bresette, M. J.; Chabot, R. M.; Gregory, C. R.; Guertin, J. R.; Hirsch, S. E.; Ritchie, B. W.; Weege, S. T.; Welsh, R. C.; Witherington, B. E.; Page-Karjian, A.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Animals, 2021, 11, 3,
Herpesviruses are associated with lung-eye-trachea disease and gray patch disease in maricultured green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and with fibropapillomatosis in wild sea turtles of several species. With the exception fibropapillomatosis, no other diseases of wild sea turtles of any species have...
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Stacy, B. A.; Wellehan, J. F. X.; Foley, A. M.; Coberley, S. S.; Herbst, L. H.; Manire, C. A.; Garner, M. M.; Brookins, M. D.; Childress, A. L.; Jacobson, E. R.
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Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Veterinary Microbiology, 2008, 126, 1/3, pp 63-73
Lung-eye-trachea disease-associated herpesvirus (LETV) is linked with morbidity and mortality in mariculture-reared green turtles, but its prevalence among and impact on wild marine turtle populations is unknown. An ELISA was developed for detection of anti-LETV antibodies and could distinguish...
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Coberley, S. S.; Herbst, L. H.; Brown, D. R.; Ehrhart, L. M.; Bagley, D. A.; Schaf, S. A.; Moretti, R. H.; Jacobson, E. R.; Klein, P. A.
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001, 39, 10, pp 3572-3577
Herpesviruses are associated with several diseases of marine turtles including lung-eye-trachea disease (LETD) and grey patch disease (GPD) of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and fibropapillomatosis (FP) of green, loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). The...
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Curry, S. S.; Brown, D. R.; Gaskin, J. M.; Jacobson, E. R.; Ehrhart, L. M.; Blahak, S.; Herbst, L. H.; Klein, P. A.
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Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2000, 36, 4, pp 792-797
The phylogeny of reptilian herpesviruses (HVs) relative to mammalian and avian HVs was investigated by using available gene sequences and by alignment of encoded amino acid sequences and derivation of trees by maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Phylogenetic loci were obtained for green turtle ...
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McGeoch, D. J.; Gatherer, D.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA
Citation
Journal of Virology, 2005, 79, 2, pp 725-731
A recently developed ELISA was used to assess exposure of Florida wild green turtles, Chelonia mydas, to LETV, the herpesvirus associated with lung-eye-trachea disease (LETD). Plasma samples from 329 wild juvenile green turtles netted in the Indian River lagoon, along the Sebastian reef, or in the...
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Coberley, S. S.; Herbst, L. H.; Ehrhart, L. M.; Bagley, D. A.; Hirama, S.; Jacobson, E. R.; Klein, P. A.
Publisher
Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany
Citation
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2001, 47, 3, pp 159-167