Evidence for retrovirus infections in green turtles Chelonia mydas from the Hawaiian islands

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Casey, Rufina N ^a   Quackenbush, Sandra L ^a   Work, Thierry M ^b   Balazs, George H ^c   Bowser, Paul R ^a   Casey, James W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fibropapillomatosis; Green turtle; Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; HAWAIIA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030664412     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao031001     Document Type: Article

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