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Insights on Immune Function in Free-Ranging Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) with and without Fibropapillomatosis
- Justin R. Perrault,
- Milton Levin,
- Cody R. Mott,
- Caitlin M. Bovery,
- Michael J. Bresette,
- Ryan M. Chabot,
- Christopher R. Gregory,
- Jeffrey R. Guertin,
- Sarah E. Hirsch and
- Branson W. Ritchie
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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...