Persistent Infectivity of a Disease-Associated Herpesvirus in Green Turtles after Exposure to Seawater

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 792-797

  Curry, Sadie S ^a   Brown, Daniel R ^b   Gaskin, Jack M ^b   Jacobson, Elliott R ^b   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^c   Blahak, Silvia ^d   Herbst, Lawrence H ^e   Klein, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Staatliches V   (Germany)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Disease; Green turtle; Herpesvirus; Infectivity; Seawater

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE DISEASE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHEA DISEASE; TURTLE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; EYE DISEASES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; LUNG DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TURTLES;

EID: 0034305556     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.792     Document Type: Article

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