Detection of green turtle herpesviral sequence in saddleback wrasse thalassoma duperrey: A possible mode of transmission of green turtle fibropapilloma

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-63

  Lu, Yuanan ^a   Zamzow, Jill P ^b   Yu, Qigui ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Losey, George S ^b   Balazs, George H ^c   Nerurkar, Vivek R ^a   Yanagihara, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; FIBROPAPILLOMA; GREEN TURTLE HERPESVIRUS; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALASSOMA DUPERREY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CREADION CARUNCULATUS; GREEN TURTLE HERPESVIRUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; LABRIDAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; TESTUDINES; THALASSOMA DUPERREY;

EID: 0033875872     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(2000)012<0058:DOGTHS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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