Sea Turtles: Old Viruses and New Tricks

Recent years have seen an inexplicable increase in the frequency of an appalling disease in sea turtles: fibropapillomatosis, which is likely caused by a herpesvirus and causes tumors to grow throughout the turtle's body. New research has led to the disturbing conclusion that recent, human-indu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jones, Adam G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2004
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15458663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.038
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Sumario:Recent years have seen an inexplicable increase in the frequency of an appalling disease in sea turtles: fibropapillomatosis, which is likely caused by a herpesvirus and causes tumors to grow throughout the turtle's body. New research has led to the disturbing conclusion that recent, human-induced environmental changes are responsible.

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