Rise and fall over 26 years of a marine Epizootic in Hawaiian green sea turtles

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1138-1142

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Balazs, George H ^b   Work, Thierry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Green sea turtle; Hbropapillomatosis; Marine epizootic

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PAPILLOMA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKIN TUMOR; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HAWAII; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; PAPILLOMA; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TURTLES;

EID: 75349088744     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1138     Document Type: Article

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